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RARE COUPE EN JADE CELADON PALE This present jade dish is extremely rare and seems to be modelled
CHINE, XIXEME-XXEME SIECLE after the iron-red porcelain dishes bearing almost the identical
Reposant sur un petit pied, le centre est orné d'une inscription arabe decoration. The inscription in the central roundel may transcribed
à l'intérieur d'un médaillon entouré par quatre autres inscriptions. as 'Allah provides for whom He wills without account' within 'Praise
La base porte une inscription Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi transcrit be to you, exalted and mighty'. The four inscriptions on the outer
phonétiquement en lettres arabes dans un double cercle. rim are comprised of the phrase, 'the Mighty God, the Most Great
Diamètre: 16 cm. (6º in.)
told the truth', written twice in Arabic and twice in Persian. One of
these dishes in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, is illustrated in
€40,000-60,000 US$45,000-67,000
£35,000-52,000 Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1966, vol. II, pl. 7.
A RARE PALE CELADON JADE ARABIC INSCRIBED DISH
CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
十九/二十世紀 青白玉阿拉伯文波斯文盤

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