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A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 明萬曆ǎ青花海獸紋高足盃ǎ雙१Ս字楷書款
REVERSE-DECORATED STEM CUP
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WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ḌΨ家族
日本
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD 日本私́珍藏
(1573-1620)
香港ωૈ得
年 月 日
拍品編號
馬錢ṁ
і敦
The stem cup is finely decorated on the exterior with nine mythical
sea creatures (haishou), including a winged dragon, a turtle, a lion, 展覽
a qilin and a celestial horse, all reserved in white and incised in anhua і敦
馬錢ṁ
Ǚ$IJOFTF $FSBNJDT 5BOH UP 2JOHǚ
年 月
日
against a ground of crested waves painted in deep tones of cobalt
blue. The pedestal foot is encircled by a raised ruyi band above ֨ḛ
further waves crashing against rocks. The interior is inscribed in 馬錢ṁ
Ǘ$IJOFTF $FSBNJDT 5BOH UP 2JOHǘ
і敦
頁
lança characters with a nine-character mantra. 編號
3º in. (8.2 cm.) diam., silk pouch, cloth box
$300,000-500,000

PROVENANCE:
Baronial family, Japan.
Private collection, Japan.
Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2247.
Marchant, London.

EXHIBITED:
London, Marchant, Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing,
6-30 May 2014.
LITERATURE:
Marchant, Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing, London, pp. 36-7, no. 18.

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