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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
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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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