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A RARE WUCAI ‘IMMORTAL’ BOWL ᒞ⭧ᔧ ̪ྑ͂͘ᐆ̣↢ 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE
CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) ϝᬝ
ᚚទ☆՞Ⅷ⻦卿 ჺս߿ݣ⻦
The bowl is painted on the exterior with a Daoist procession
including a scholar, an attendant holding a large serrated leaf, 㘆ַⶃᝃՆᆭմ՞ᘢԿ⎾जࣻ⩠झ࢈இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅卿⤔⽚厍ᘢ
and a deer with book on its back, greeting an immortal holding ≢ 厎ഌ⣠ᇪఫ㞖ᝯ⻦৅卿㇦Ƕ*MMVTUSBUFE $BUBMPHVF PG .JOH BOE
a sceptre and seated on clouds, all in a continuous landscape with .JOH 4UZMF 1PMZDISPNF 8BSFT JO UIF 1FSDJWBM %BWJE 'PVOEBUJPO PG $IJOFTF
mountains and clouds interspersed by rocks and flowers, below a "SUǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸ 厎ࣿ߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦⻦৅ݦ։卿㇦Ƕ߅
band of lingzhi sprigs. The interior is painted with a winged dragon ݏ⧻ワ㱦⻦৅⚛㢙 ԋஇ㪃┵Ƿ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ࣿ ǯ
encircling a flaming pearl within a medallion on the centre below
a band of floral sprays on the inner rim.
5 ‰ in. (14.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

HK$350,000-450,000 US$46,000-58,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection, acquired prior to 1950s
For other Wanli wucai bowls painted with immortals, compare an
example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see accession number:
guci-016461; another from the Percival David Foundation, published in
Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ming Style Polychrome Wares in the
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 2006, p. 30, no. 738;
and two in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, published in Chinese Ceramics
in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, nos. 761 and 764, all decorated
with different scenes but in a similar style.

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