A CLOISONNE ENAMEL SQUARE DISH
wanli (1573 - 1619)
Decorated in shades of green, red, yellow, blue, aubergine and white with a pair of Mandarin ducks among lotus, the narrow rim with florettes
6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) square
Lot Essay
Compare a round example with Mandarin ducks (dated to the early 16th Century) in the Pierre Uldry Collection illustrated by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonn, Zrich, 1985, no.48.