A VERY RARE SET OF FIVE LATE MING WUCAI DISHES

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A VERY RARE SET OF FIVE LATE MING WUCAI DISHES
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

Each enamelled to the centre of the interior with a qilin supporting a shrine with a central cash emblem on its back, surrounded by precious objects and cloud-scrolls, the well decorated with a continuous floral meander, the exterior with alternating lanterns containing cash emblems and auspicious objects, the short foot with a classic scroll, all framed by double lines painted in underglaze-blue
4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam., individual cloth bags, Japanese wood box (5)

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 89

Lot Essay

Compare with other wucai sets of dishes in the Idemitsu Collection, one with figures in a landscape, the other with dragon and phoenix decoration illustrated in Zhongguo taoci, (Chinese Ceramics), Tokyo, 1981, nos. 757 and 760.

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