Estimate

12.000 - 16.000

Session

5 December 2023

Hammer Price

Description

Wanli mark and period (1573-1620)
With shallow rounded sides and painted in vibrant shades of cobalt blue. The central medallion depicting a scene of three qilins and a tiger within a landscape, with a dragon above, emerging from rockwork beneath ruyi-shaped clouds. All encircled by a continuous border depicting a lotus pound with ducks, cranes and other birds. The underside with six branches of pomegranate, persimmon, peach, morning glory, hibiscus and prunus.

Diam.: 15,9 cm

Category

Asian Art

Additional Information

Note:
A dish with identical decoration, formerly from the Riesco Collection, was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition, 'Loan Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain 14th to 19th Centuries,' London, 1953/1954, no. 173;
Another identical dish was auctioned by Sotheby's on September 11, 2019, 'A Noble Pursuit: Important Chinese and Korean Art from a Japanese Private Collection,' lot 501.