A LARGE SWATOW POLYCHROME DISH Ming dynasty,... Lot 14

A LARGE SWATOW POLYCHROME DISH Ming dynasty, first half of the 17th century 28 cm diam The wall with three phoenixes amidst clouds alternating with large peony bushes, the centre with a series of concentric circles enclosing with a group of characters relating the Chinese zodiac. Provenance: acquired before 1975. A similar dish is in the Baur Foundation, Geneve (see M. Crick, Chinese Trade Ceramics for South-East Asia from the 1st to the 17th Century. Collection of Ambassador and Mrs Charles Müller, Milan 2010, n. 256).