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Lot 86

A Ming Export blue and white porcelain Dish depicting seated Safavid figures, made for the Persian market
China, circa 1520

Amended
8 October 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

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A Ming Export blue and white porcelain Dish depicting seated Safavid figures, made for the Persian market
China, circa 1520

the central medallion depicting two figures within a trailing floral band, the sides with alternating floral and figural panels, the exterior of the rim with further floral panels, fitted with a brass suspension device, old labels; with receipt for purchase from E & J Frankel
32 cm. diam.

Footnotes

Provenance:
Mechlin Moore Collection; acquired from E & J Frankel, New York 1/6/89.

Exhibited:
Sarah Lawrence College Gallery, New York,Women in Oriental Art: Han Dynasty to the Present - 2000 Years of Far Eastern Art, 1986.

Saleroom notices

Date should read "early 17th Century".

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