Lot Essay
A similar ewer is in the Groningen Museum, see M. Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, London, 1989, pl. 235.
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WANLI
Details
A late Ming blue and white ewer and cover
Wanli
The globular body painted in pencilled style with alternate vertical panels of flowering plants and precious objects, surmounted by an upright bracket handle, cuved spout with fire scrolls, cover with knob finial, minute rim crack, minor frits
19.7 cm. high
Wanli
The globular body painted in pencilled style with alternate vertical panels of flowering plants and precious objects, surmounted by an upright bracket handle, cuved spout with fire scrolls, cover with knob finial, minute rim crack, minor frits
19.7 cm. high
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