A RARE LARGE LATE MING WUCAI DISH

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A RARE LARGE LATE MING WUCAI DISH
ENCIRCLED WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

With deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted and enamelled to the centre of the interior with Shoulao seated on a rock beside an attendant being greeted by the Eight Immortals, Baxian, set in a rocky landscape with gnarled pine branches and lingzhi, the well decorated with a peony scroll and stylized shou characters, the exterior with detached floral sprays above a leafy scroll band at the foot (enamel flakes overpainted)
11 1/2 in. (29.3 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

J.M. Hu Family Collection, sold in New York, 4 June 1985, lot 14.

Lot Essay

A related dish of the same size in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, no. 193.

(US$26,000-32,000)

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