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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ JAR ᒞ⭧ᔧ 㤎⩈㟛Գ㣅㹪♄➭ 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620) ϝᬝ
लऒྲྀ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
The jar is sturdily potted with broad round shoulders and
decorated around the exterior in vibrant shades of blue with four
ൣ⿫
shaped cartouches divided by scrolling flowers and foliage, each
enclosing a five-clawed scaly dragon amid stylised clouds. Ԕ᥼ऒ⧻ワ卿लऒྲྀ卿 ჺ ᝲ卿எ㢙எ‸ ⽚卻ॲː卼
6 Œ/”Ÿ in. (17 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
⏟ऱ⡠㱈⎏ⶃᝃ⧉ᥑݯ⧎㇦ǯٳᘹצ೥ᇑᝪᐽ㐈Ӭ։⡠㱈⏟ऱ卿ֿ㖅ഌ
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000 ⎏׾ຽ卻㵶 ݩߎ卼卿㇦ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卿ݯᝳഌ㬷
♥ـᇟǯऔࣻ⩠Ӭ׾ⶃᝃ᪪⫒㱈⸥≓⡠卿⬨㱈⶟⡠⎏׾ຽ卻㵶 ݩ
PROVENANCE ߎ卼卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯݻᝳӬ։㵶
A private collection, Nagoya, Japan ᄟ⏟⋁卻㵶 ݩߎ卼卿᪪㍃✖ᯧࢦߎᓞ㘆卿ֿ㱈ս࡚⁒⇧℡⡠Ӭ։卿
㇦⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卿ݯ㯝㛑⣌㞒౯ǯ
EXHIBITED
Maruei Department Store, Nagoya, December 1973, Catalogue,
no. 94 (fig. 1)
Very few other Wanli mark and period jars of this pattern are known.
The closest example appears to be a slightly larger jar of the same
pattern with a lipped rim (20.6 cm. high) sold at Christie’s London, 8
November 2016, lot 16, which was restored. A similar Wanli mark and
period jar (19.5 cm. high) with lappet collar at the shoulder and leaves
at the base was sold at Sotheby’s London, 10 November 2010, lot 27.
Compare also to another Wanli jar of nearly identical size (17.1 cm. high)
and sharing a very similar mark but painted with animals and mythical
beasts and with a restored neck sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March
2007, lot 311.

fig. 1
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