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A BLUE AND WHITE `LOTUS’ DISH A BLUE AND WHITE CRESCENT-SHAPED FLASK
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) The hollow vessel is potted in the shape of a crescent raised on four
With shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the dish is decorated low ruyi supports and molded on the sides with two curved 'seams' that border
on the interior with a roundel enclosing four lotus blossoms, with similar the cloud decoration on the lower body and the lotus scroll on the upper body
decoration forming a frieze on the exterior, all within double line borders. that surround a diaper-filled quatrefoil collar at the base of the tall, waisted
5Ω in. (13.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box neck below the compressed, bulbous mouth decorated with pendent leaf tips.
7º in. (18.4 cm.) long
$8,000-12,000
$6,000-8,000
明萬曆 青花蓮紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款 A similar vessel, found in West Sumatra, and now in the Pukat Museum,
Jakarata, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections,
Tokyo, 1982, col. pl. 31. Another is illustrated by C.J.A. Jorge in Chinese
Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and
Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 36, no. 10, where the author refers to
the shape as that of a leather water bag, and notes that as Islam became
dominant in Java, the crescent shape may have appealed to Islamic buyers
throughout Indonesia.

晚明十六世紀 青花纏枝花卉紋酒壺 ⱷ980
A BLUE AND WHITE `AUSPCIOUS CHARACTERS’ JAR
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD(1573-1619)
The globular body is decorated with large fu (happiness) and shou (longevity)
characters formed by the twisted trunks of a pine tree, a prunus tree, and
bamboo, each rising from stylized rock formations. The shoulder is encircled
with lotus scroll beneath an upright petal border on the straight neck.
9¬ in. (24.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

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

明萬曆 青花福壽紋罐 雙圈六字楷書款
來源:
日本私人珍藏, 大阪, 1950-1960年代

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