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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND
WALTER F. BROWN
1561
A VERY LARGE BLUE AND WHITE VASE,
MEIPING
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AROUND THE
SHOULDER AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The central section is decorated with scholars and
attendants beneath a tall pine tree in a garden. The
shoulder is decorated with pendent shaped panels
enclosing flower blossoms on leafy stems between
auspicious emblems.
25º in. (64.6 cm.) high

$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Christie's South Kensington, London, 12 September
1985, lot 387.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San
Antonio, Texas.
A smaller (51.6 cm. high) Wanli-marked vase with
similar decoration of scholars and attendants
between decorative borders is illustrated in The Tsui
Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 84.

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