WUCAI BARBED-RIM 'NARRATIVE' DISH, TIANGI / CHONGZHEN PERIOD

WUCAI BARBED-RIM 'NARRATIVE' DISH, TIANGI / CHONGZHEN PERIOD, freely painted with a wandering scholar carrying a package over his shoulder and walking beside rapids, 21cm diam Provenance: Marchant & Son London, May 1998, the collection of Dr Carew Shaw. Exhibited: The World in Colours, Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, 2006, no.85. Note: dishes of this palette are thought to have been made for the Japanese market. For a very similar dish see Tokyo National Museum, Toji Taika, vol.45, pl.89. For dishes from the group sold at auction see Christie's 19th September 2007, lot 287; and Bonhams London 5th November 2007, lot 205.