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            AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF LARGE                       明萬曆ǎ̩彩龍紋૯蒜頭瓶ˏ對ǎ單行Ս字楷書款
            WUCAI 'GARLIC-MOUTH' VASES
                                                               Ϝ源
            WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE       #POUB 家族珍藏
 比利時
            IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620)
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            Each vase is heavily potted with a pear-shaped body rising to a
            cylindrical neck surmounted by a garlic-bulb-form mouth, and is
            decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red enamel, and yellow and green
            glazes with dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls on a dense leafy
            floral ground. The necks are decorated with a wide band of scrolling
            ruyi-form lingzhi interspersed with 'precious objects' below the garlic
            mouths decorated with beaded strands suspending ingots and ruyi-
            heads between large iron-red tassels.
            18q in. (47 cm.) high                       (2)
            $600,000-800,000

            PROVENANCE:
            Bonta Family Collection, Belgium.
            Marchant, London.


































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