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A VERY RARE WUCAI ‘DRAGON’ VASE, GU
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
Modelled in the form of an archaistic gu vessel supported on a tall
spreading foot with decorated leafy peach sprays and perching
by magpies, the bulbous central section enamelled in vivid tones
with four foliate cartouches each enclosing a writhing five-clawed
dragon striding in pursuit of the flaming pearl amidst billowing clouds,
separated by lotus heads on a dense ground of scrolling foliage,
raising to a flaring trumpet neck with lotus scrolls above upright stiff
leaves and beneath a geometric band on the rim, the interior similarly
decorated with a band of lotus foliage.
40cm (15 3/4in) high.
£30,000 - 50,000
CNY260,000 - 430,000
明萬曆 五彩穿花龍紋花觚
青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款
Provenance: a British private collection, and thence by descent
來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今
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