ZHENGDE-JIAJING PERIOD (1506-1566)

A virtually identical tile of the same size is in the Percival David Foundation, British Museum, and is illustrated by M. Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, London, 1978, pl. IV, no. 35, where it is dated Ming, c. 1500. Another very similar tile of this size is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and is illustrated by Geng Baocheng, ed., Gugong Bowuyuan cang gu taoci ciliao xuancui (Selection of Ancient Ceramic Material from the Palace Museum), Beijing, 2005, vol. 1, p. 192, no. 166, where it is dated to the Jiajing period.