CHINE DYNASTIE MING (1368-1644)

CHINA MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) OR LATER
Architectural ornament in Fahua stoneware featuring a large peony in full bloom on a foliate background. On a later silver-plated metal base.
Size: 38 x 55 cm


NOTE
A very similar architectural element, part of an architectural ensemble of twenty dragon-and-flower plates from Shanxi province
Shanxi province and dated to the 15th-16th century, is in the collections of the British Museum, London (2006,0503.1.1-20).