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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
2370
A RARE AND FINELY PAINTED LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ GARLIC-MOUTH VASE,
SUANTOUPING
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The globular body is painted on each side with two fve-clawed dragons contesting a faming
pearl amidst composite foral scroll, beneath a band of ruyi heads. The waisted neck is
decorated with a wide band of lotus scroll, and the bulbous mouth with lanterns suspending
cash emblems, vajra, pearls, and conch shells below a band of pendent leaf tips.
21Ω in. (54.6 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box
$600,000-800,000
EXHIBITED:
Kyoto National Museum, c. 1965-2014.
明萬曆 青花雙龍戲珠紋蒜頭瓶 單行六字楷書款
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