Lot Essay
Compare with a larger Wanli dish with boys at play surrounded by four dragons in the well from the R.H.R. Palmer Collection, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Oriental Blue and White, London, 1954, pl. 53B.
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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN GENTLEMAN
A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER-DISH
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A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER-DISH
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Painted in violet-blue tones with a central roundel depicting six children playing 'blind man's buff' on a fenced terrace, below two pairs of dragons chasing flaming pearls in the well, the exterior with six fruiting sprays
6 15/16 in. (17.6cm.) diam.
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Painted in violet-blue tones with a central roundel depicting six children playing 'blind man's buff' on a fenced terrace, below two pairs of dragons chasing flaming pearls in the well, the exterior with six fruiting sprays
6 15/16 in. (17.6cm.) diam.
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