A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED YELLOW-GROUND SMALL BOWL

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A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED YELLOW-GROUND SMALL BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

Finely potted with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted in rich cobalt-blue with a dragon in the central medallion, surrounded on the well with a pair of phoenix divided by cloud-scrolls, the exterior with a continuous floral scroll, all against lemon-yellow ground
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

A Private Japanese Collection.

Lot Essay

A blue and white example with similar decoration was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 November 1984, lot 331. Another larger example (16 cm) with wucai decoration is illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection Catalogue, vol. II, Geneva, 1969, pl. 196.

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