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PROPERTY FROM THE EHIME BUNKAKAN, JAPAN
ⱷ907
PROPERTY FROM THE EHIME BUNKAKAN, JAPAN A PAIR OF WUCAI `ZHANG TIANSHI’ DISHES
ⱷ905 WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
AN IRON-RED, YELLOW AND GREEN-ENAMELED `LUOHAN' JAR Each is decorated on the interior with Zhang Tianshi brandishing a sword
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY and riding a tiger beneath a pine tree, and encircled by pomegranate sprays
The jar is decorated on the exterior with three panels each enclosing a seated alternating with one of the `Five Poisons’ (the snake, centipede, toad, scorpion
luohan, all between chrysanthemum scroll on the shoulder below a flame motif and lizard) in the well. The exterior is decorated with further creatures, floral
encircling the neck and a stylized lappet border on the foot. sprays and grass.
5Ω in. (14 cm.) high, Japanese wood box 5¬in. (14.2 cm.) diam., cloth box
$6,000-8,000 $20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Ehime Bunkakan, Japan. Ehime Bunkakan, Japan.

日本愛媛文華館珍藏 日本愛媛文華館珍藏
晚明十七世紀 紅綠彩開光羅漢圖罐 明萬曆 五彩「張天師斬五毒」圖盤一對 雙圈六字楷書款
來源: 來源:
(reverse)
愛媛文華館, 日本 愛媛文華館, 日本

905

PROPERTY FROM THE EHIME BUNKAKAN, JAPAN (marks)
ⱷ906
A RARE WUCAI `ANTIQUES’ BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD(1573-1619)
The deep rounded sides rise to an everted rim and are decorated on the
exterior with `antiques’ below a cloud scroll border. The interior is decorated
with a central medallion of two dragons writhing in pursuit of a flaming pearl.
7Ω in. (19 cm.) diam.

$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Ehime Bunkakan, Japan, prior to 1955.

日本愛媛文華館珍藏 906 (detail of interior)
明萬曆 五彩博古紋盌 雙圈六字楷書款
來源:
愛媛文華館, 日本, 1955年以前入藏

906 (mark)

906

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