EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY

Compare to a charger with the same motif and facing in the opposite direction in the British Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collection, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 132; and another in the collection of the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. 1, Istanbul, p. 256, no. 62.

Chargers similar to the current lot have been sold at auction, including a slightly smaller (35.7 cm.) one with a dragon facing the opposite direction sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3005, and a slightly larger dish (36.4 cm.) at Christie's South Kensington, 4 November 2014, lot 237.