Lot 196
196
A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS-FORM DISH the interior decorated with Sanskrit characters within double ruyi-head borders, surrounded by deep moulded petals enclosing a dot and trefoil leaf motif, radiating outwards towards a band of petal lappets rising to the barbed rim, the exterior of the lappets enclosing flower sprigs alternating with Sanskrit characters forming an inscription (fritted and chipped), Wanli

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A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE LOTUS-FORM DISH the interior decorated with Sanskrit characters within double ruyi-head borders, surrounded by deep moulded petals enclosing a dot and trefoil leaf motif, radiating outwards towards a band of petal lappets rising to the barbed rim, the exterior of the lappets enclosing flower sprigs alternating with Sanskrit characters forming an inscription (fritted and chipped), Wanli
18.5cm. diam.

Lot Essay

An unmarked bowl of Wanli date in the Institut Neerlandais, Paris, is illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, pl. 215, 215a, where she mentions that these bowls were probably intended to hold offerings in Lama Buddhist temples.

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