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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WELL-PAINTED WUCAI SLEEVE VASE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CA. 1650
Details
A WELL-PAINTED WUCAI SLEEVE VASE
Transitional period, ca. 1650
The tall, slightly rounded sides well painted in inky tones of underglaze blue, bright green, yellow and black enamels and iron-red with a scene of the Eight Immortals grouped outside a pavilion set in a mountainous setting, the immortal Shoulao seated astride a crane in flight above
15¼in. (38.7cm.) high
Transitional period, ca. 1650
The tall, slightly rounded sides well painted in inky tones of underglaze blue, bright green, yellow and black enamels and iron-red with a scene of the Eight Immortals grouped outside a pavilion set in a mountainous setting, the immortal Shoulao seated astride a crane in flight above
15¼in. (38.7cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 12-13 October 1984, lot 305.