CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TURQUOISE-GROUND POLYCHROME CIRCULAR DISH, MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TURQUOISE-GROUND POLYCHROME CIRCULAR DISH, MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, the centre decorated with two birds among flowers and rocks, within a cavetto with four groups of flowers amid cloud scrolls, the flat rim with a ruyi band, the exterior with conforming decoration, 24cm diam Provenance: F. Stuart Apps Collection, sold by Christie's 12th July 1971, lot 48. Note: for a similar dish see E. Bluett, Chinese Cloisonne from the Krolik Collection, 1965, no.4; and Oriental Art, vol.4, pp.220-223 (now in the Uldry Collection).