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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE PRIVATE 明萬曆 青花穿花龍紋鋪首方觚
COLLECTION
《大明萬曆年製》款
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC VASE,
FANGGU
MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI
each side of the bulging mid-section applied with a lion mask,
reserved against soaring dragons, the rim with a classic scroll
frieze interrupted by a six-character reign mark, all supported
on a mock pedestal foot with a cusped apron and flat unglazed
base, Japanese wood box
44.3 cm, 17⅜ in.
HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 104,000-156,000
The present imperial vase, sturdily potted and boldly painted,
belongs to a group of massive temple vessels commissioned
by the court for major temples. A closely related vase was
included in the exhibition Chūgoku Min Shin bijutsu ten
mokuroku/Chinese Arts of the Ming and Ch’ing Periods, Tokyo
National Museum, Tokyo, 1963, cat. no. 311; and another was
sold in our London rooms, 26th June 1973, lot 238. For a wucai
example, see one from the collection of Yokogawa Tamisuke
and now preserved in the Tokyo National Museum, no. TG-903.

Mark

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