Lot Essay
A very similar dish of this rare pattern from the Chingwah Lee Collection was sold at Sotheby's Los Angeles, 8 June 1981, lot 342.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LATE MING WUCAI 'IMMORTAL' DISH
TIANQI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1621-1627)
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A LATE MING WUCAI 'IMMORTAL' DISH
TIANQI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1621-1627)
Potted with shallow sides, the interior decorated in underglaze blue and detailed in iron-red, green, yellow and black enamels at the centre with a corpulent seated immortal in contemplation, surrounded by cloud scrolls and flying cranes, rendered with alternating underglaze blue and iron-red ruyi motifs at the rim
8 3/8 in. (20.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
TIANQI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1621-1627)
Potted with shallow sides, the interior decorated in underglaze blue and detailed in iron-red, green, yellow and black enamels at the centre with a corpulent seated immortal in contemplation, surrounded by cloud scrolls and flying cranes, rendered with alternating underglaze blue and iron-red ruyi motifs at the rim
8 3/8 in. (20.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
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