JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A VERY RARE PAIR OF LARGE INCISED WHITE-GLAZED VASES
JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)
One vase is incised with dragons contesting a flaming pearl below a band of phoenixes amidst floral scroll. The other vase is decorated with carp swimming amidst lotus and other aquatic plants below a band of lotus scroll. Both are covered overall with a white glaze that stops short of the foot rim that has been left unglazed to expose the ware burnt orange in the firing.
24 in. (61 cm.) high

Provenance

Japanese private collection.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that this lot is being offered without a reserve.
請注意此拍品無底價。

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Lot Essay

A pair of gold bottles and covers of similar shape excavated from the Dingling Mausoleum, where the Wanli Emperor, together with his two empresses Wang Xijie and Dowager Xiaojing, were buried, is illustrated in Catalogue of Relics from the Dingling Mausoleum, Beijing, 2006, no. 11, plates 6.9 and 6.10.

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