Polychrome saucer, Zhengde period, Ming dynasty, China, 1506-1521. Artist: Unknown

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Polychrome saucer with sage and attendant in a landscape, Zhengde period, Ming dynasty, China, 1506-1521. A polychrome saucer decorated in overglaze yellow, light green, aubergine and tomato red enamels. The decoration is of a sage and servant beneath a tree with rocks, grasses and insects in double ringed medallion surrounded by dots and cross-hatched border. The reverse has an interrupted lotus scroll in tomato red and green.

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Size: 2215px × 2831px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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