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A RARE WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ DISH
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573–1619)
The dish has rounded sides rising to an everted rim and is decorated Dishes of this pattern and with the combination of enamel and
with a confronted dragon and phoenix in the center of the interior, underglaze-blue decoration are rare. An almost identical Wanli dish
below alternating dragons and phoenixes in the cavetto. The exterior of the same size in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in
is decorated in underglaze blue with shaped panels, each enclosing The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 -
bamboo, prunus and a pine tree, alternating with four fower heads
Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999,
reserved on a diaper ground.
no. 50. Another nearly identical Wanli dish is illustrated in Illustrated
9¡ in. (23.8 cm.) diam. Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum: Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1965,
p. 130, no. 536.
$25,000-35,000 For other related Wanli wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ dishes, see
Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 1976, vol. 1,
PROVENANCE fg. 942; Christie’s New York, 19 March 2009, lot 720, and the dish
Bluett & Sons, London, no. 3163 (according to label). from the Edward T. Chow collection sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19
Russell Tyson (1867-1963) Collection, Chicago. January 1981, lot 437.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1964.
明萬曆 五彩龍鳳紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款

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