LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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Two late Ming blue and white Swatow saucer dishes
Late 16th/17th Century
The large saucer dish painted to the centre with three phoenix in flight among foliate sprigs and cloud scrolls, the rounded sides with radiating panels of plants divided by pendent jewels, 40.8 cm. diam.; and a saucer dish decorated to the centre with a phoenix perched between bamboo and peony, 30.5 cm. diam. (rim cracks and chips) (2)
Late 16th/17th Century
The large saucer dish painted to the centre with three phoenix in flight among foliate sprigs and cloud scrolls, the rounded sides with radiating panels of plants divided by pendent jewels, 40.8 cm. diam.; and a saucer dish decorated to the centre with a phoenix perched between bamboo and peony, 30.5 cm. diam. (rim cracks and chips) (2)