Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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An exceptionally important square bronze dish
Cast with 8 lines of vertical text on the inside with the name of the empire "Xuande, 7 year of rule, the 10 month and the 5 day" (this would be 1433 AD). The underside with four decorative short flat feet, a central pictograph of winding five-clawed dragon around two pictographs. The 'Xuande'-brand is apocryphal.
Dimensions: 13.5cm x 11,5cm
Style of: 18th / 19th century, age determination uncertain
Local detrition of patina
Cast with 8 lines of vertical text on the inside with the name of the empire "Xuande, 7 year of rule, the 10 month and the 5 day" (this would be 1433 AD). The underside with four decorative short flat feet, a central pictograph of winding five-clawed dragon around two pictographs. The 'Xuande'-brand is apocryphal.
Dimensions: 13.5cm x 11,5cm
Style of: 18th / 19th century, age determination uncertain
Local detrition of patina