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A BLUE AND WHITE RETICULATED BRUSH REST

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD ( 1573-1619)

The reticulated brush wrest is modeled with fve jagged peaks, each
painted with a central front-facing dragon fanked by four side-facing
dragons clutching faming pearls, all above pointed rocks and waves.
6Ω in. (16.6 cm.) wide
$50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE

Marie-Louise Gárbaty Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1993.
Wanli-marked blue and white brush rests of this type can be found
with fve peaks and with three peaks, although those with fve peaks
appear to be rarer. Examples of Wanli blue and white fve-peak brush
rests include one illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. II,
Geneva, 1969, pl. A188; one in the Musée Guimet, illustrated by D.
Lion-Goldshmidt, Les Poteries et Porcelaines Chinoises, pl. XVI (E);
and another in the Seattle Art Museum, included in the China Institute
of America Exhibition of Dragons in Chinese Art, 1972, no. 47. A
Wanli-marked blue and white brush rest with three peaks was sold at
Christie’s London, 31 October 2000, lot 864.
明萬曆 青花龍紋五峰筆山 雙方框六字楷書橫款
來源
Marie-Louise Gárbaty 珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1993年。

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