Lot Essay
Sold at Christie's London, 19-20 March 1985, lot 18.
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LONGQING FOUR CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
A rare Ming blue and white saucer dish
Longqing four character mark and of the period
Painted to the centre with five deer in a landscape with pine, bamboo and a waterfall to the far left, all within a double line roundel encircling the well and rim, the reverse with pairs of birds perched in four peach trees, minute glaze frits, warped
36 cm. diam.
Longqing four character mark and of the period
Painted to the centre with five deer in a landscape with pine, bamboo and a waterfall to the far left, all within a double line roundel encircling the well and rim, the reverse with pairs of birds perched in four peach trees, minute glaze frits, warped
36 cm. diam.
Literature
Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain: A moment in the History of Trade, London 1989, pl. 32.
Exhibited
Marchant & Sons, The Collection of Drs A.M. Sengers, catalogue, November 2001, no. 12.
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