Lot Essay
Compare the bowl of this pattern with Longqing mark and of slightly smaller size in the Matsuoka Museum of Art, illustrated in Selected Masterpieces of Oriental Ceramics, no. 69
Details
A WELL-PAINTED MING BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
The deep, rounded sides painted in bright tones of deep underglaze blue with two dragons separated by large chrysanthemum blossoms borne on the leafy scrolling tendril through which they stride above a band of ruyi heads, with a dragon leaping amidst chrysanthemum scroll within a medallion in the interior, all within double blue line borders repeated at the interior rim and on the small foot rim--4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) diam., box
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
The deep, rounded sides painted in bright tones of deep underglaze blue with two dragons separated by large chrysanthemum blossoms borne on the leafy scrolling tendril through which they stride above a band of ruyi heads, with a dragon leaping amidst chrysanthemum scroll within a medallion in the interior, all within double blue line borders repeated at the interior rim and on the small foot rim--4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) diam., box
Exhibited
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 83