Lot 1521. A rare polychrome-decorated dish, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013. 

The dish has rounded sides and is decorated in iron red, and green and yellow glaze in the center with a scene of a woman greeting an official on horseback in a landscape with mountains in the distance below a band of chrysanthemum scroll in the well. A band of peony scroll encircles the exterior. A four-character mark, Chen Wenxian zao (made by Chen Wenxian), is written in iron red within a double circle on the base.

Provenance: Acquired in Washington, D.C., mid-1980s.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 21 - 22 March 2013