INCISED JINGTAI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD (1450-56)

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOTUS DISH
Incised Jingtai six-character mark and probably of the period (1450-56)
The centre with a formal lotus medallion surrounded by a border of flowering leafy stems and a scrolling lotus around the well, the motifs in red, white, yellow, blue and pale green against a turquoise ground of even craquelure, the reverse with a similar lotus scroll
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sold in our New York Rooms, 3 June 1988, lot 44

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Lot Essay

A similar example from the Pierre Uldry Collection, also with an incised Jingtai mark and dated to the fifteenth century, is illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné : The Pierre Uldry Collection, Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 10.

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