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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 ¡ in. (13.6 cm.) diam.
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 18 December 2012, lot 26
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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