A blue and white dish of circular form. Six-character nien-hao of The Chenghua Emperor but Kangxi

Decorated around the rim with Sanskrit or Tibetan Characters (fan wen or zang wen), presumably as an incantation or quote from Buddhist Sutra; 16cm (6¼in) diameter. Sold for £576

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