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THE PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR
‘DRAGON’ CENSER AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND WITHIN A
DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The rectangular censer is painted in cobalt-blue of bright tone on
two sides with a pair of five clawed dragons confronting a flaming
pearl, moulded on the shorter sides with a pair of animal-head handles
with the original loose ring handles flanked by cloud scrolls, raised
on four ‘horse-hoof’-shaped legs painted on each side with a further
confronting dragons. The cover is decorated on the sides with a pair
of lingzhi scroll below a band of tri-grams divided by waves and is
surmounted by a pierced dragon finial.
6 Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high, Japanese double wood boxes
HK$1,500,000-2,000,000 US$200,000-260,000

PROVENANCE
A private Japanese family collection in Ashiya, acquired in Meiji period

明萬曆 青花雲龍八卦紋長方蓋爐 雙方框六字楷書款

來源
日本芦屋市家族珍藏，入藏於明治時期

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