Lot Essay
See a similar dish in the Percival David collection, British Museum, illustrated by Margaret Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, no. PDF.777, Plate VII, p. 20; another was included by Laurence C.S. Tam in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of The Hong Kong Museum of Art, no. 24, pp. 58⁄9. Similar dishes were sold at Christie's Paris, 20 June 2017, lots 26, 28 and 29.