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A SWATOW POLYCHROME PORCELAIN CHARGER, China, Ming dynasty, 17 century
d cm 38,5
The center features a compass with a two-character inscription at its center, while along the compass rim is a twenty-four-character inscription; the border is decorated with leaping carp.
明 斯瓦托瓷盘
Provenance: Private collection, Tuscany.
Catalogue notes:
A very similar dish is illustrated in Canepa Teresa 2006, Zhangzhou Export Ceramics: The So-Called Swatow Wares, Lisbon/London, p. 133, item n. 28.
明 斯瓦托瓷盘