WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A FINE LARGE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'FLOWER BASKET' DISH
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The dish is of shallow form with steeply rounded sides. The centre of the dish is boldly painted in vibrant tones of underglaze blue with a basket containing 'Flowers of the Four Seasons'. The well is decorated with leafy branches and foliate sprigs interspersed with scattered fans and shells, the underside with butterflies in flight amidst flowering peony sprays.
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) diam.

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Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong

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Lot Essay

The flower basket motif was popular during the Wanli period, a similar example is illustrated in Toji Taikei, vol. 42, Tokyo, 1975, pl. 90. For a Tianqi-marked example see the large dish (33 cm.) in the Nezu Art Museum, Tokyo, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, p. 114, no. 115; another Tianqi-marked dish similar to the Nezu Art Museum dish, in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, In Pursuit of the Dragon, Seattle Art Museum, 1988, p. 147, no. 80.

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