MARCHANT 100 YEARS, JIAJING TO WANLI | 馬錢特百年精萃：嘉靖至萬曆明瓷
A rare pair of blue and white 'phoenix' dishes, Marks and period of Longqing | 明隆慶 青花鳳紋盤一對《大明隆慶年製》款
Auction Closed
June 12, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Marchant 100 Years, Jiajing to Wanli
A pair of blue and white 'phoenix' dishes
Marks and period of Longqing
the base of each with a six-character mark in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter of larger 19.5 cm, 7⅝ in.
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Marchant 100 ans, de Jiajing à Wanli
Paire de coupelles en porcelaine bleu blanc à décor de phénix, marques et époque Longqing
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馬錢特百年精萃：嘉靖至萬曆明瓷
明隆慶 青花鳳紋盤一對《大明隆慶年製》款
Compare an identical dish sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 26th November 1980, lot 236; another with a fu gui jia qi (fine vessel for wealth and honour) mark illustrated in Regina Krahl & John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. II, London, 1986, cat. no. 1212; and another in S. T. Yeo and Jean Martin, Chinese Blue and White Ceramics, Singapore, 1978, cat. no. 120, pl. 65.
