Plat en porcelaine bleu blanc Chine, dynastie Ming, XVIE siècle

à décor d'un paon parmi fleurs et rinceaux feuillagés dans un médaillon central entouré d'une frise de fleurs et entrelacs se répétant sur le pourtour extérieur ; éclat à la base

There is a ca. 6cm long hairline crack extending from the rim into the well at between 10 and 11 o'clock. There is also a small, ca. 1x1cm large area to the centre of the dish where the glaze has misfired (visible in the catalogue illustration).
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Compare a related dish in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, A Complete Catalogue II, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, London, 1986, p. 568, cat.no. 748; compare another dish with a similar design sold at Christie's London, 10th May 2011, lot 258.