![A Chinese blue and white "Elephant and Lion" dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th C.](https://www.rm-auctions.com/images/thumbnails/cover/400x265/2017/01/15/2ee02c2/a-chinese-blue-and-white-elephant-and-lion-dish-ming-dynasty-16th-c-2.jpg "A Chinese blue and white "Elephant and Lion" dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th C.")
![A Chinese blue and white "Elephant and Lion" dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th C.](https://www.rm-auctions.com/images/thumbnails/cover/400x265/2017/01/15/09091a7/a-chinese-blue-and-white-elephant-and-lion-dish-ming-dynasty-16th-c-3.jpg "A Chinese blue and white "Elephant and Lion" dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th C.")
We have to double-check your registration and make sure this is not an automated entry in our system. Please complete the test below...
A Chinese blue and white "Elephant and Lion" dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th C.
![A Chinese blue and white "Elephant and Lion" dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th C.](https://www.rm-auctions.com/images/thumbnails/width/1000/2017/01/15/0bcc58d/a-chinese-blue-and-white-elephant-and-lion-dish-ming-dynasty-16th-c-1.jpg "A Chinese blue and white "Elephant and Lion" dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th C.")
1014
This lot was sold on 2017-02-11 and is no longer available
Dia.: 35 cm
See also:
- John Alexander Pope, Chinese Ceramics from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 91, fig. 29.147 for a similar dish in the Ardebil Shrine.
- Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. 2, London, 1986, p. 610, pl. 844 for a dish similarly decorated with a central medallion of a lion and elephant by a stream, but with a bird and flower scroll on the everted rim.
- Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 24/05/1979, lot 361
- Sotheby's, London, 13/05/2009, lot 182 (link)
Condition:
- A 7cm hairline to the rim, at 1 o'clock.
- Several baking flaws.
- The rim with minor burst glaze bubbles and one chip of 0,5 x 1cm.
Price incl. premium:
€ 4.335