JIAJING to Early WANLI c.1550 – 1580. Ming Porcelain
A Very Large Ming Blue and White Porcelain Saucer Shaped Dish, Late Jiajing to Early Wanli c.1550 to 1580. Decorated with a Fantastical Landscape with Mountainous Islands with Pagoda’s and Pavilions. The Back Rim Decorated with a Band of Flying Cranes, the Base Unglazed.
SOLD
- Condition
- A glaze star crack to the center maximum 55 mm.
- Size
- Diameter : 43.3 cm (17 inches).
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 21540
- References
- For a very similar Ming Porcelain dish dated to the mid-16th century see : Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, A Complete Catalogue II, Yuan and Ming Porcelains (Regina Krahl, Sotheby's 1986)page 615 plate 865.