Lot Essay
Compare with two other very typical dishes from the 16th century, one almost identical (formely in the Kitson Collection) illustrated in Sir H. Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London 1962, pl.35 ; the other illustrated in H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné - Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg, Zurich 1985, pl.40.