WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A PAIR OF WUCAI 'ZHANG TIANSHI’ DISHES
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Each is decorated on the interior with Zhang Tianshi brandishing a sword and riding a tiger beneath a pine tree, and encircled by pomegranate sprays alternating with one of the 'Five Poisons’ (the snake, centipede, toad, scorpion and lizard) in the well. The exterior is decorated with further creatures, floral sprays and grass.
5 5/8in. (14.2 cm.) diam., cloth box

Provenance

Ehime Bunkakan, Japan.

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