Lot Essay
The shape and design of this dish are both taken from the ceramic equivalent. Compare the design format of dragons amidst lotus scrolls with an enamelled Jiajing dish in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by L. Zhou, 'The Zande Lou Ceramics Gallery', Orientations, May 1997, fig. 2. Also cf. the design on the medallion with the dragon on a Jiajing-marked dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Book II, no. 14.
See a very similar example from the Dr. Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London 1962, pl.38A & B.
See a very similar example from the Dr. Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London 1962, pl.38A & B.