Large porcelain lobed dish decorated in blue and white with two horsemen and two standard-bearers. The background of the central scene shows a wall. The border is decorated with peony, prunus, orchid and arrowhead.

On the reverse is a mark that can be translated as :
“Elegantly made like precious stone for sacred friendship”.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

The mark on the back is a particularly rare one; the dish held by the Rijksmuseum also bears this mark.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For an identical dish, see :

– Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Christiaan Jörg and Jan van Campen, p. 94, Fig 82.

PROVENANCE :

Private French collection

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