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2364 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN
COLLECTION
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A BLUE AND WHITE DISH
220 JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

The dish has fared, rounded sides, and is
decorated in the somewhat concave center
of the interior with fve deer in a landscape
setting in which a turtle is seen swimming
below a waterfall that cascades from the
rocks above. On the exterior are three
vignettes depicting pairs of birds perched
in a fruiting peach tree below a double-line
border and above a band of classic scroll on
the foot.
13Ω in. (34.3 cm.) diam.

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:

Acquired in the United States in the early
20th century, and thence by descent within
the family.

Compare the Jiajing-marked blue and white dish
of this pattern illustrated in Transitional Wares
and Their Forerunners, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 62,
no. 1.

明嘉靖 青花五鹿圖盤
六字楷書款

2364 (mark)

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE JAPANESE
COLLECTION
2365
A WUCAI WEIQI JAR
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1573-1619)

The deep, rounded sides are decorated with
four dragons in iron red, underglaze blue and
green glaze pursuing faming pearls as they
race between a band of fower-strewn waves
that crash against rocks below, and a band of
classic scroll above. The mark is within the
recessed center of the fat, unglazed base.
5º in. (13.4 cm.) diam. of mouth, lacquer
cover

$8,000-12,000

明萬曆 五彩雲龍紋圍棋罐
雙圈六字楷書款

2365 (mark)