WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A RARE SMALL WUCAI ‘LANTERN FESTIVAL’ DISH
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The centre of the dish is painted with two figures carrying lanterns through a garden, enclosed within a band of lotus scroll on the cavetto. The exterior is further decorated with four lanterns alternating with beribboned precious objects, including a scroll, a coin, a lozenge, and an ingot.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Avery Brundage (by repute)
Moy Ying Ming Gallery, Chicago, acquired in 1969

Exhibited

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, 1984-2017

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Lot Essay

Dishes of similar size and design include a pair from the Christina Loke Balsara Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 19 January 1988, lot 262; and a pair from the E.T. Chow Collection, sold at 25 November 1980, lot 30, again at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2000, lot 627.

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