12" Chinese Ming Polychrome Zhangzhou Swatow Deep Dish Charger Bowl
item#: 1496734
price: $325.00
Chinese late Ming (16th/17th century) Zhangzhou (Swatow) porcelain deep charger decorated in iron-red, green, and black overglaze enamels on a cream-colored crackle glaze ground with a central degraded floral spray within a black accented green ring surounded by four ogival floral medallions alternating with a striated red background holding a single plant. Undecorated reverse and unglazed base. Circa 1580-1640. 11 3/4" diameter x 3" - 3 1/4" high. Two significant production cracks extend down from the rim. There is typical wear to the overglaze enamels. Please note that the wood stand is not included.