AN ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY’ DISH late 15th – early 16th century
36 cm diam The back of the wall decorated with a series of leaf-shaped panels each with a flower inside, a lotus flore to the centre of the unglazed base.
Provenance: Acquired before 1975.
Similar dishes are illustrated in: J. Guy, Oriental Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia, Victoria 1980, nn. 100-102; C.M. Yong – M-F. Dupoizat – E.W. Lane, Vietnamese Ceramics, Singapore 1982, nn. 106, 108, 125, 152, 189; J. Carswell, Blue and White. Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World, Chicago 1985, n. 41.