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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A RARE AUBERGINE-GROUND AND YELLOW-
ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The bowl is finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a tall
straight foot to a straight rim. The exterior is incised and enamelled
with two scaly five-clawed yellow dragons in pursuit of a flaming
pearl on aubergine ground. The interior is simply ornamented with
a double ring in the centre. A keyfret band is inscribed on the foot.
6 in. (15.1 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
HK$1,200,000-2,000,000 US$160,000-260,000

EXHIBITED
Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Arts of the Ming and Ch’ing
Periods, Tokyo, 14 September-13 October 1963

LITERATURE
Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Arts of the Ming and Ch’ing
Periods, Tokyo, 1963, pl. 367 (fig. 1)
Compare the current bowl to a nearly identical example in
the collection of the British Museum, which is illustrated by J.
Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London,
2001, pp. 330-1, pl. 11:143. Another example is held in the C.P.
Lin collection, illustrated in Ming and Qing Chinese Arts, Hong
Kong, 2014, p. 207, pl. 107.

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