AN ENAMELLED 'MYTHICAL-BEAST' DISH painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and green with a central Buddhistic creature amongst clouds, the well with a floral meander, the exterior similarly painted (glaze rubbed), 36cm. diam.; a pear-shaped bottle enamelled in green and red, the centre with rectangular panels above stiff leaves and below lotus panels, the flaring neck with plantain leaves (rim chips infilled), 19.3cm. high; an enamelled circular box and cover painted in green and iron-red outlined in underglaze blue, with six lotus panels of foliage and trellis-pattern extending from the lower part onto the top and enclosing a trellis-pattern roundel (rim chip), 9.7cm. diam.; a bowl on a high foot similarly decorated with floral meander above lotus lappets on the exterior (foot chipped), 13.7cm.diam.; and a dish similarly decorated with a bird amongst flowering branches (rim chip infilled, fritting), 13.9cm. diam., | Christie's

Lot 426

426

AN ENAMELLED 'MYTHICAL-BEAST' DISH painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and green with a central Buddhistic creature amongst clouds, the well with a floral meander, the exterior similarly painted (glaze rubbed), 36cm. diam.; a pear-shaped bottle enamelled in green and red, the centre with rectangular panels above stiff leaves and below lotus panels, the flaring neck with plantain leaves (rim chips infilled), 19.3cm. high; an enamelled circular box and cover painted in green and iron-red outlined in underglaze blue, with six lotus panels of foliage and trellis-pattern extending from the lower part onto the top and enclosing a trellis-pattern roundel (rim chip), 9.7cm. diam.; a bowl on a high foot similarly decorated with floral meander above lotus lappets on the exterior (foot chipped), 13.7cm.diam.; and a dish similarly decorated with a bird amongst flowering branches (rim chip infilled, fritting), 13.9cm. diam.,

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AN ENAMELLED 'MYTHICAL-BEAST' DISH painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and green with a central Buddhistic creature amongst clouds, the well with a floral meander, the exterior similarly painted (glaze rubbed), 36cm. diam.; a pear-shaped bottle enamelled in green and red, the centre with rectangular panels above stiff leaves and below lotus panels, the flaring neck with plantain leaves (rim chips infilled), 19.3cm. high; an enamelled circular box and cover painted in green and iron-red outlined in underglaze blue, with six lotus panels of foliage and trellis-pattern extending from the lower part onto the top and enclosing a trellis-pattern roundel (rim chip), 9.7cm. diam.; a bowl on a high foot similarly decorated with floral meander above lotus lappets on the exterior (foot chipped), 13.7cm.diam.; and a dish similarly decorated with a bird amongst flowering branches (rim chip infilled, fritting), 13.9cm. diam.,

all 16th Century (5)

Lot Essay

Cf. a number of polychrome dishes, sold in these Rooms, 7 December 1984, lot 103-106; and Vietnamese Ceramics, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Catalogue, 1982, p.134, pl.144, pl.36 and pl.149.

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