Lot Essay
Compare with two other sets in the Idemitsu Collection, one with figures in a landscape, the other with dragon and phoenix decoration illustrated in Zhongguo taoci, Tokyo, 1981, nos. 757 and 760.
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Property from the Collection of Albin Salton
A Rare Set of Five Small Wucai Dishes
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Details
A Rare Set of Five Small Wucai Dishes
Wanli six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619)
Each decorated in the interior with a prancing qilin supporting a banner-hung lantern atop its back, surrounded by babao and clouds and encircled by a band of foliate meander in the well, the exterior with ribbon-tied babao alternating with lanterns, the foot encircled by classic scroll, all within double-line borders
4in. (10.2cm.) diam., cloth bags, wood box (5)
Wanli six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619)
Each decorated in the interior with a prancing qilin supporting a banner-hung lantern atop its back, surrounded by babao and clouds and encircled by a band of foliate meander in the well, the exterior with ribbon-tied babao alternating with lanterns, the foot encircled by classic scroll, all within double-line borders
4in. (10.2cm.) diam., cloth bags, wood box (5)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 16 September 1998, lot 361, the Jingguantang Collection.
Literature
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 89.