A BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS DISH painted with a large lotus spray within a band of ten crashing waves, the well with six flower-heads, below a border of classic scrolls within the unglazed upturned rim, the exterior painted with ten lotus-petal-shaped lappets, the thick foot cut and the base with a brown wash (glaze flakes), | Christie's

Lot 427

427

A BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS DISH painted with a large lotus spray within a band of ten crashing waves, the well with six flower-heads, below a border of classic scrolls within the unglazed upturned rim, the exterior painted with ten lotus-petal-shaped lappets, the thick foot cut and the base with a brown wash (glaze flakes),

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A BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS DISH painted with a large lotus spray within a band of ten crashing waves, the well with six flower-heads, below a border of classic scrolls within the unglazed upturned rim, the exterior painted with ten lotus-petal-shaped lappets, the thick foot cut and the base with a brown wash (glaze flakes),

16th Century
39cm. diam.

Lot Essay

Cf. similar examples in Vietnamese Ceramics, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Catalogue, 1982, p.122, pl.122; p.124, pl.124 and pl.125; p.138, pl.150-153.

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