Lot Essay
A Wanli-marked bowl of identical design is illustrated in Junkichi Mayuyama, Chinese Ceramics in the West: A Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces in European and American Collection, 1960, pl. 136.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'BAMBOO AND PLANTAIN' BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Details
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'BAMBOO AND PLANTAIN' BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The bowl is painted on the exterior in cobalt of vivid inky blue tones with a continuous scene depicting bamboo and plantain trees growing from a rocky ground, all above a band of petal lappets around the foot. The interior is decorated on the cavetto with sprays of peony and chrysanthemum, below a band of lingzhi scroll, the centre with a medallion enclosing two pomegranate fruits.
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) diam.
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The bowl is painted on the exterior in cobalt of vivid inky blue tones with a continuous scene depicting bamboo and plantain trees growing from a rocky ground, all above a band of petal lappets around the foot. The interior is decorated on the cavetto with sprays of peony and chrysanthemum, below a band of lingzhi scroll, the centre with a medallion enclosing two pomegranate fruits.
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo, 3 March 1952
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