LONGQING FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, COLLECTOR'S MARK
Details
A RARE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER
longqing four-character mark and of the period, collector's mark
Painted with birds in flight or perched on a tree and a crane standing among a water landscape with plants and a tree issuing from rocks within a double circle medallion, the border decorated with a key-pattern band, slight chip to rim
5¾in. (14.5cm.) diam., fitted box
longqing four-character mark and of the period, collector's mark
Painted with birds in flight or perched on a tree and a crane standing among a water landscape with plants and a tree issuing from rocks within a double circle medallion, the border decorated with a key-pattern band, slight chip to rim
5¾in. (14.5cm.) diam., fitted box
Provenance
R.F.A. Riesco Collection, no 216.
Exhibited
Oriental Ceramic Society, Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1954, Catalogue, no. 205.