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983 (two views)

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                                                                   ⱷ983
                                                                   A WUCAI `SCHOLARS AND ATTENDANTS' BOWL
                                                                   WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
                                                                   WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-               ⱷ985
                                                                   1619)                                                         A RARE WUCAI ZUN-FORM `DRAGON’ VASE
                                                                   The exterior of the bowl is decorated with a continuous scene   WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
                                                                   of four scholars and attendants in a landscape, between a floral   WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
                                                                   scroll at the rim and a cloud border on the foot. The interior is   The trumpet-shaped neck and the bulbous midsection are painted
                                                                   decorated with a writhing, front-faced dragon within double   with two dragons above waves and amidst floral scroll, both registers
                                                                   circles, below auspicious emblems encircling the rim.         accentuated with flanges. The flaring, ridged foot is decorated with
                                                                   6Ω in. (16.4 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box                    further dragons between lappet and cloud borders, all rendered in
                                                                                                                                 iron-red, green, turquoise, yellow and black.
                                                                   $20,000-30,000                                                12¿ in. (30.8 cm.) high, Japanese lacquered wood box

                                                                   PROVENANCE:                                                   $30,000-50,000
                                                                   Japanese private collection, Osaka, 1950-60s.
                                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 Japanese private collection, Osaka.
                                                                   明萬曆 五彩高士圖盌 雙圈六字楷書款
                                                                   來源:                                                           明萬曆 五彩龍紋尊 雙圈六字楷書款
                                                                   日本私人珍藏, 大阪, 1950-1960年代                                       來源:
                                                                                                                                 日本私人珍藏, 大阪
                                                                   984
                                                                   A RARE WUCAI SQUARE CENSER AND COVER
                                                                   17TH CENTURY
                                                                   The square censer is decorated on each side with an immortal
                                                                   riding on top of vaporous clouds and raised on an integral
                                                                   openwork base with floral scroll and quatrefoil perforations. The
                                                                   cover is similarly decorated and is surmounted by a Buddhist lion
                                                                   seated with its left paw resting on a beribboned brocade ball.
                                                                   8º in. (21 cm.) high
                                                                   $10,000-15,000                                                                    (mark)

                                                                   A nearly identical wucai square censer dating to the 17 century
                                                                                                      th
                                                                   was sold at Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2018, lot 731.

                                 984
                                                                   十七世紀 五彩仙人圖獅形蓋方爐







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