WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)

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AN UNUSUAL WUCAI DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM VASE
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The lower bulb is decorated with scrolling tendrils and wan characters surrounding four blue-ground double gourds enclosing the characters da ji (good fortune), while the upper bulb is similarly decorated with two double gourds that are separated by a ribbon-tied bell and conch shell. A band of classic scroll reserved on an iron-red ground encircles the waist and a band of petal lappets encircles the neck.
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

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Lot Essay

A vase of identical design and size in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 29.

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