A RARE POLYCHROME DECORATED 'EQUESTRIENNE' DISH Ming Dynasty, 16th century The dish with deep rounded sides, decorated in red, green and yellow enamels with a pair of female riders before a gateway, within two registers of floral scroll, the exterior similarly decorated with leafy, flowering stems, the base with a four-character mark da ming nian zao. 30.7cm (12 1/8in) diam. Footnotes: 明 十六世紀 多彩騎士圖盤 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, September 2021 See a closely related dish sold at Christie's London, 22nd March 2013, lot 1521 and another in the British Museum, decorated with twin lions to the centre, museum no.1951,1010.1. See also Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, A Complete Catalogue, Volume II, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelain (Regina Krahl, Published in association with the Directorate of the Topkapi Saray Museum by Sotheby's Publications 1986), page 571. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing