JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A RARE SET OF FIVE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'LOTUS' SAUCER DISHES
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Each dish is delicately potted with rounded sides supported on a short tapered foot, the interior incised and decorated in green enamel with five lotus blooms with auspicious emblems. The exterior is similarly decorated with lotus blooms. The yellow base is incised with a six-character mark in green enamel.
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare the present lot to a slightly larger Jiajing mark and period dish (12 cm. diam.) in the British Museum, published by Margaret Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1978, p. 25, no. 56. Also see another saucer dish of similar size and bearing the same incised Jiajing mark decorated in green from the Collection of Roger Pilkington (1928-69), sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016.

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