TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
LATE MING DYNASTY (17TH CENTURY)
One decorated to the centre with a pair of cranes amidst scrolling clouds, surrounded by flowerheads and a band of floral scroll, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base; the other, painted to the centre with a shaped panel enclosing foliated flowers, surrounded by radiating panels of fruits alternating with precious objects
The larger 12½ in. (31.8 cm.) diam. (2)
TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
LATE MING DYNASTY (17TH CENTURY)
One decorated to the centre with a pair of cranes amidst scrolling clouds, surrounded by flowerheads and a band of floral scroll, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base; the other, painted to the centre with a shaped panel enclosing foliated flowers, surrounded by radiating panels of fruits alternating with precious objects
The larger 12½ in. (31.8 cm.) diam. (2)
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