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A Zhangzhou porcelain dish,

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Lot Details

c.1600. A thickly potted porcelain dish of circular form; slightly convex base, low foot ring, rounded sides with a sloping everted rim. Kiln grit around the foot. The exterior excluding the resting surface dipped in a blue-tinted clear glaze. The exterior wall incised with a band of vertical strokes. The cavetto painted in blue underglaze with a stylised multi petalled single flower and foliage surrounded by a double-banded border set with four scrolled clouds. The rim painted with a leaf-scroll. 7.2 x 33.4 cm. For a comparable piece see: Barbara Harrisson, Swatow in Het Princessehof: the analysis of a museum collection of Chinese trade wares from Indonesia (Leeuwarden: Gemeentelijk Museum het Princessehof, 1979), no. 23. Acquired at: John Cordy Limited 8 October 2021


A Zhangzhou porcelain dish, Image 1++