Lot Essay
A pair of identical dishes is in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol.III, 1986, pp.1210-1, no.2989.
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CIRCA 1700-25
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A MASSIVE CHINESE IMARI DISH
Circa 1700-25
Decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with an elaborate gate beside a wall enclosing a large vessel containing flowering branches at the centre, below a radiating design of pagodas, flowering trees and mountainous ranges at the border reserved with fan and peach-shaped panels, rim restoration
19¼ in. (49 cm.) diam.
Circa 1700-25
Decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with an elaborate gate beside a wall enclosing a large vessel containing flowering branches at the centre, below a radiating design of pagodas, flowering trees and mountainous ranges at the border reserved with fan and peach-shaped panels, rim restoration
19¼ in. (49 cm.) diam.
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