A SMALL CHINESE CLOISONNE CIRCULAR TRAY

MID 16TH CENTURY

Heavily cast, decorated to the centre with a stylised chrysanthemum motif, the design surrounded by flowerheads amidst scrolling foliage on a turquoise ground, all raised on three short feet, the gilded base incised with a visvavajra, 17.7cm, 1kg.

Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Adrian Joseph of Allen Management in 1989.

Cf. H Brinker and A Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, no.73 for a similar piece.