MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'LOTUS' DISH
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The centre is decorated with a central lotus medallion surrounded by a border of flowering leafy stems and a scrolling lotus around the well, the motifs in red, white, yellow, blue and green against a turquoise ground. The reverse is decorated to the centre with a double-vajra encircled by a further band of scrolling lotus.
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 18 December 2012, lot 26

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Lot Essay

For a very closely related example, compare to one that was sold at Sotheby’s London, 9 June 1992, lot 27, also decorated with a stylised central floral medallion to the front and double vajras on the reverse.

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