WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER
Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619)
The globular jar painted on the exterior with a blossoming foliate meander between a lappet band at the edge of the flat shoulder and above the low spreading foot, painted with eight florets, the domed cover decorated with a lotus leaf below the bud-form knop
5½in. (14.4 cm.) high

Provenance

J.T. Tai.

Lot Essay

Compare the virtually identical Wanli-marked jar and cover in the Percival David Foundation illustrated by R. Scott in Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, London, 1992, p. 91, no. 92. See, also, the Wanli-marked jar of this shape, but decorated with dragons and its domed cover with petaled rim, in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in Blue-and-White Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1963, pl. 6 and 6a-c.

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