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VARIOUS PROPERTIES A slightly smaller (9.4 cm.) Wanli-marked marked wucai bowl of this type,
decorated on the exterior with a scene of immortals in a landscape and a
1576 leaping dragon in the interior, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in
the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, no. 713. Another similar bowl,
A SMALL WUCAI BOWL also of slightly smaller size (9.6 cm. diam.), in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 56,
no. 52. See, also, the similar bowl sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September
The shallow, rounded sides fare somewhat at the rim and are 2006, lot 267.
decorated on the exterior with two of the Eight Daoist Immortals,
Zhang Guolao and Li Tieguai, the latter in underglaze blue, in a 明萬曆 五彩道教人物圖小盌 雙圈六字楷書款
continuous landscape below a foliate scroll border. A medallion of a
winged dragon leaping amidst clouds is in the center of the interior.

4Ω in. (11.3 cm.) diam.

$18,000-25,000

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