A RARE SET OF FIVE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'LOTUS' SAUCER DISHES, JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

A RARE SET OF FIVE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'LOTUS' SAUCER DISHES
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Each dish is delicately potted with rounded sides supported on a short tapered foot, the interior incised and decorated in green enamel with five lotus blooms with auspicious emblems. The exterior is similarly decorated with lotus blooms. The yellow base is incised with a six-character mark in green enamel.
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diam.

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