A wucai square dish, Ming dynasty, Jiajing´s six character mark and period (1522-66).
The center painted and enameled with peony issuing from rockwork surrounded by four striding five clawed dragons within cartouches reserved on a trellis-pattern ground, the reserve with flowers issuing from rockwork and butterflies. Measurements 17,9 x 17,9 cm.
Minor chip.
Provenance
Christie's New York, September 16th 1998. Lot no 364, Catalogue no 8966.
Exhibitions
Compare a similar dish in the British Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Tokyo 1981.
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