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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE GLOBULAR A VERY RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE `FISH’ BOWL
JAR WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD The deep bowl with everted rim is decorated on the exterior with small and
(1573-1619) large carp swimming amidst aquatic plants. The interior is painted in the
The squat body is decorated with a scroll of lotus center with a pair of cranes flying amidst vaporous clouds and encircled by a
and leaves, all between pendent lappet borders ruyi border, all beneath a band of further cranes and clouds below the rim.
at the high shoulder and above the splayed foot 12æ in. (32.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
decorated with small flower heads.
4æ in. (12 cm.) wide $50,000-70,000

$7,000-9,000 PROVENANCE:
Japanese private collection, Osaka, 1950-1960s.

A nearly identical blue and white Wanli-marked
jar in the collection of the Palace Museum, 明萬曆 青花魚藻紋大盌 雙圈六字楷書款
Beijing, is illustrated in Imperial Porcelains from 來源:
the Reign of Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli in the
Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2018, pp. 510-11, no. 298. 日本私人珍藏, 大阪, 1950-1960年代

明萬曆 青花蓮紋罐 雙圈六字楷書款

973
(interior)

973 (mark) (mark)

ⱷ974
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE AND YELLOW-
ENAMELED `CHRYSANTHEMUM’ DISH
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE
CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD(1522-1566)
The shallow dish is decorated on the interior with a
central shou character and encircled by three tiers
of stylized chrysanthemum petals. The exterior is
decorated in the wucai palette with floral scroll.
5Ω in. (13.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Japanese private collection, Osaka, 1950-1960s.

明嘉靖 黃地青花壽字菊紋盤 雙圈六字楷書
款
來源:
日本私人珍藏, 大阪, 1950-1960年代

974

974 (mark)

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