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A BLUE AND WHITE `LUDUAN’ CENSER AND COVER
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The stout mythical beast is potted standing foursquare, with either side of the
body decorated with a lotus flower emblem and each leg painted with flames
that rise from the clawed feet. The neck is applied with a collar suspending a
bell and beads. The head is modeled with bulging eyes and the mouth agape to
reveal its tongue between sharp teeth, all below pricked ears and a single horn.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
Asami Family Collection, Shiga prefecture, Japan, prior to 1928.
Asami Family Collection auction; Kyoto Bijutsu Club, 22-24 September, 1928.

明萬曆 青花甪端形熏爐
來源:
淺見家, 滋賀県, 日本, 入藏於1928年前
淺見家珍藏拍賣會, 京東美術協會, 1928年22-24日

The present censer as illustrated in the Asami Family Collection auction, Kyoto Bijutsu
Club, 22-24 September 1928.
本拍品載錄於淺見家拍賣, 京東美術協會, 1928年9月22-24日

ⱷ976
A BLUE AND WHITE JAR
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A CIRCLE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The compressed globular body supported on a short, flared foot is decorated
with a continuous scene of cranes in flight amidst scrolling clouds and
medallions of the Eight Trigrams (bagua).
5Ω in. (14 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box, metal cover

$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
Japanese private collection, Osaka, 1950-60s.

明嘉靖 青花雲鶴八卦紋罐 六字楷書款
來源:
日本私人珍藏, 大阪, 1950-1960年代

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