16/17TH CENTURY

細節

A polychrome Swatow dish for the Islamic market
16/17th Century
Enamelled in iron-red and green with a central medallion surrounded by smaller roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions between two bands of further inscriptions, all below a double-line border at the rim, restored
38.4 cm. diam.

注意事項

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

拍品專文

A similar dish with less elaborate inscription is illustrated in B. Harrisson,Swatow in het Princessehof, Leeuwarden, 1979, p. 110-113, pl. 226, 227, 227a. The author states that the inscriptions read Islamic vows and the names of Mohammed and his disciples. Presumably the dishes were ordered for the promotion of trade in Islamic countries such as Indonesia. See also Christie's Amsterdam, 5 December 2000, lot 1.