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127 (mark) 128 (base) A RARE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE DISH

106 LONGQING FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN DOUBLE SQUAREs AND OF THE PERIOD (1567-1572)

The dish with gently curved sides and canted corners is painted on the
interior with a central panel enclosing two court ladies standing beneath
a tree in a fenced garden setting. The cavetto is decorated with four
blossoming peony sprays. The exterior is further painted to each side with a
fruiting peach spray.
4æ in. (12 cm.) wide

HK$80,000-150,000US$11,000-19,000

Provenance:

Sold at Christie’s London, 16 June 1994, lot 453
S. Marchant and Son, London, 1994
Anthony du Boulay Collection no. P157
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 1862

Exhibited:

The London Asian Art Fair, Porcelain for Emperors, June 2003, Catalogue no. 19

明隆慶 青花仕女圖委角方盤 雙方框四字楷書款

來源：

倫敦佳士得，1994 年 6 月 16 日，拍品 453 號
倫敦 S. Marchant and Son，1994 年
Anthony du Boulay 舊藏，P157 號
香港佳士得，2009 年 5 月 27 日，拍品 1862 號

展覽：

2003 年 6 月展於倫敦 Asian Art Fair《Porcelain for Emperors》圖錄
19 號

The Property of a Gentleman

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A BLUE AND WHITE JAR, GUAN

WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)

The jar is painted on the exterior in cobalt of vivid inky blue tones with four
shaped panels enclosing peony and prunus plants emerging from rocks and
surrounded by butterflies, all conjoined by strapwork borders against a blue
ground. It is further decorated with lappet panels around the base and smaller
panels of floral sprays around the shoulder. The unglazed base is inscribed in
ink Da Ming Wan Li Shi Liu Nian Li, ‘Made in the 16th year of the Wanli
period of the Great Ming dynasty’, corresponding to 1588.
13æ in. (35 cm.) high

HK$120,000-180,000US$16,000-23,000

Provenance:

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 2004. lot 1033

明萬曆 青花開光富貴壽考紋罐

款識：

「大明萬曆十六年立」（1558 年）

來源：

香港佳士得，2004 年 4 月 26 日，拍品 1033 號