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CHINE POUR LE VIETNAM DYNASTIE NGUYEN, XIXe SIÈCLE

Estimate6 000 - 8 000
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CHINE POUR LE VIETNAM DYNASTIE NGUYEN, XIXe SIÈCLE
= Large blue-white porcelain bowl decorated with dragon and phoenix among clouds, flying over tumultuous waves. Metal rimmed lip and foot. The base with a Nhat ("Sun") mark in blue underglaze.
D. 19 cm

PROVENANCE
French private collection, then by descent

NOTE
Porcelain bearing the Nhat mark was often destined for the imperial palace, for use by the second emperor of the Nguyen dynasty, Minh Mang (1791 - 1841).