A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'PHOENIX AND DRAGON' DISH

£1,000 - £2,000 £2,520

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'PHOENIX AND DRAGON' DISH
WANLI 1573-1620

Decorated to the well with a phoenix and a four-clawed dragon among scrolling clouds, the cavetto with a band of scrolling lotus and the rim with a geometric pattern, the exterior also with a band of scrolling lotus, all raised on a high foot, the base centred with a yin and yang symbol among scrolling blossom, 35.5cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

Cf. Christie's London, Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, 12th May 2017, lot 513, for a related Wanli cloisonné enamel 'Dragon and Phoenix' dish. See also another dish of the period with a similar decoration, illustrated in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society: 1955-56 1956-57, pl.85 and p.77, no.315.

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來源：英國薩克塞斯郡私人收藏。
注：本拍品不設底價。