Lot 103
CHINESE GILT-DECORATED RED-LACQUER 'SCHOLAR' FOLIATE PLATE
MING DYNASTY, JIAJING/WANLI PERIOD
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明嘉靖/萬曆 朱漆描金狀元及第紋葵口盤 共箱
with lobed sides rising to foliated rim, painted to the central medallion with a scholar on horse followed by entourage, a crane ahead of them all, all approaching a house with a lady holding a fan sitting in, all reserve on a red lacquered ground, with a Japanese wooden box
Dimensions
26.4cm wide
Provenance
Formerly in a private Japanese collection
日本私人舊藏
Footnote
A highly comparable floral lobed dish, seemingly painted with the same decoration in mirror image (quite worn and the image on the listing upside down) as this lot, dated to the Yuan Dynasty, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 6 Jun 2023, lot 3288.