A RARE LATE MING WUCAI SQUARE VASE, ZUN

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A RARE LATE MING WUCAI SQUARE VASE, ZUN
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

Strongly potted after a bronze form, the mid-section is well enamelled with four panels each enclosing a scholar under a pine tree, divided by stylised lotus sprays at the canted corners, between a key-fret band around the spreading foot and a lingzhi scroll on the angled shoulder, the widely flaring trumpet mouth with a dragon on each face chasing a 'flaming pearl' amidst multi-coloured clouds, the interior of the mouth with double lingzhi sprays (rim hairlines)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high

来源

A Japanese private collection

拍品专文

This vase belongs to a small group of similarly decorated Wanli-marked vases, including an example from the Idemitsu Art Gallery, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, pl. 740; one illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 14, Japan, 1976, pl. 209; one from the Edward T. Chow Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 January 1981, lot 434; one from the Tsui Art Foundation, included in the exhibition Joined Colors, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1993, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 54; one from the Chinese Antique Association, illustrated in Blue-And-White Porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taiwan, 1988, p. 78; and another sold in these Rooms, 31 March 1992, lot 566.