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

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A WUCAI RECTANGULAR PEN TRAY
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Sturdily potted with low flaring sides, the interior divided by a three-peaked pen rest and painted with stylized cruciform clouds, some centered by ruyi heads, the two long sides of the exterior decorated with red and blue dragons confronting a flaming pearl, the ends painted with writhing front-faced five-clawed dragons, all above a band of classic scroll on the foot, the mouth rim applied with a broad gilt-metal band
11 7/8 in. (30.1 cm.) long, wood stand

Provenance

P. C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, 1979.

Lot Essay

Compare a Wanli wucai box and cover of this pattern, also with cruciform clouds, in the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated in Chinese Arts of the Ming and Ch'ing Periods, Tokyo, 1963, no. 360, and another illustrated by M. Tregear and S. Vainker, Art Treasures in China, Fenice, 2000, p. 192.

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