Lot 170
RARE BROWN-GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED DISH
XUANDE MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
Description
delicately potted with a short tapering foot rising to rounded sides and a gently flaring rim, the interior decorated in anhua (hidden decoration) technique with three clusters of lingzhi-shaped clouds, the exterior faintly decorated with two dragons, covered in a rich brown glaze with darker spots, the white-glazed base incised with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
Dimensions
18.3cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance:
From an Edinburgh collection.
Note:
For a comparable anhua-decorated turquoise-glazed dish from the Pilkington Collection, see Sotheby's sale in their Hong Kong rooms on 06.04.2016, lot 21. Another similar copper-red dish, but without anhua decoration, was offered by Christie's in their Hong Kong rooms on 01.12.2010, lot 3108.