MING POLYCHROMES
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE LARGE MING WUCAI LARGE DISH
Details
A RARE LARGE MING WUCAI LARGE DISH
ENCIRCLED SIX-CHARACTER WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The interior medallion painted and enamelled with a pair of courting pheasants on a rocky outcrop above a lotus pond and below a fruiting peach tree and peonies springing up from behind a rock, all within a double line border repeated below the lipped rim, the reverse with four striding chilong grasping lingzhi sprigs in underglaze-blue (old crack and associated glaze chip restored, enamel losses and glaze flakes retouched)--11in. (28cm.) diam., box
ENCIRCLED SIX-CHARACTER WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The interior medallion painted and enamelled with a pair of courting pheasants on a rocky outcrop above a lotus pond and below a fruiting peach tree and peonies springing up from behind a rock, all within a double line border repeated below the lipped rim, the reverse with four striding chilong grasping lingzhi sprigs in underglaze-blue (old crack and associated glaze chip restored, enamel losses and glaze flakes retouched)--11in. (28cm.) diam., box