Lot 47. A big blue and white porcelain dish, Wanli mark and period (1573-1619). Estimate 800.00€ - 1500.00 €. Photo Czerny's

the inside; decorated with blue, floral motifs at the back; featuring underglaze, blue, four-character mark Da Ming Nian Zao at the base, inside a double circle. Featuring two, star-shaped headlines at the base and tiny chips at the border; some firing defects at the back. diameter 30 cm.

Note: The Da Ming Nian Zao mark means "Made during the Great Ming Dynasty". 
An almost-identical dish belongs to the Topkapi Museum Collection in Istanbul; obj. number TKS 15/3669. See the book Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, A complete catalogue, Vol. 2, Yuan and Ming Dinasty Porcelains; Regina Krahl in Collaboration with Nurdan Erbahar, by John Ayens; Sotheby's Pubblication, pag. 582, fig. 787/8.

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