A LARGE SWATOW POLYCHROME ISLAMIC-INSCRIBED DISH
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A LARGE SWATOW POLYCHROME ISLAMIC-INSCRIBED DISH

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A LARGE SWATOW POLYCHROME ISLAMIC-INSCRIBED DISH
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

Painted in iron-red and green enamel around the gently curving cavetto with eight roundels of Islamic calligraphy alternating with Islamic characters, below a continuous border of inscription, all encircling larger calligraphy within the central medallion, the rim with continuous floral scrolls (shallow rim chip)
14 7/8 in. (37.5 cm.) diam., box

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Similar dishes include an example illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. II, pl. 1020; one in the Germeentelijk Museum, Leeuwarden, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, Fribourg, 1978, fig. 291; and another sold in our London Rooms, 13 May 1986, lot 498.

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