WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A FINE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' JAR
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The high-shouldered body superbly painted in purplish-blue cobalt with large lotus blooms arranged in three registers growing on undulating stems issuing curled leaves, all set between double-line borders and bands of interlocking scrolls below the rim and above the foot
6 1/2 in. (16.4 cm.) high, stand, Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection

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Lot Essay

A number of Jiajing and Wanli-marked jars of this size and pattern are known but very few examples display the fine painting and superb control of the cobalt-blue found on the present example.

Compare with a jar included in the Exhibition of Sung and Ming Treasures from the Laurizen Collection, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1965, Cat. no. 74. A Jiajing-marked example of comparable size and decoration was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 24-25 November 1981, lot 85.

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