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3187 䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿炻1984⸜6㚰29嘇炻㉵⑩389嘇
A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ CUP STAND
WANLI SIX CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The shallow ridge to the centre of the cup stand is finely painted
with a foliate meander encircled by a five-clawed dragon and a
phoenix. The well is decorated with a loose flowering branch
meander surrounded by wispy clouds below the foliate rim. The
reverse is decorated utilising the foliate rim to depict leaf lappets
outlined in blue.
4 æ in. (12.5 cm.) diam., box
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s New York, 29 June 1984, lot 389
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