Lot 10
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A polychrome Swatow dish for the Islamic market
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the H… Read more The Property of M.A., Bad Endbach, Germany
A polychrome Swatow dish for the Islamic market

16/17TH CENTURY

Details
A polychrome Swatow dish for the Islamic market
16/17th Century
Enamelled in iron-red and green with a central medallion surrounded by smaller roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions between two bands of further inscriptions, all below a double-line border at the rim, restored
38.4 cm. diam.
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Lot Essay

A similar dish with less elaborate inscription is illustrated in B. Harrisson,Swatow in het Princessehof, Leeuwarden, 1979, p. 110-113, pl. 226, 227, 227a. The author states that the inscriptions read Islamic vows and the names of Mohammed and his disciples. Presumably the dishes were ordered for the promotion of trade in Islamic countries such as Indonesia. See also Christie's Amsterdam, 5 December 2000, lot 1.

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