Chinese Swatow polychrome star plate

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Department of the University of Pretoria Art

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This round polychrome porcelain plate is decorated with a trellis pattern on the rim, a lotus scroll on the cavetto and a six-pointed star in the central panel. The back is decorated with Buddhist precious objects. The base is sunken, glazed and marked with a symbol in concentric circles in red.

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star plate

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