Lot 2814
2814
Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection
A RARE WUCAI 'BIRD AND FLOWER' JAR

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

Details
A RARE WUCAI 'BIRD AND FLOWER' JAR
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
6 in. (15.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2006, lot 268
Exhibited
University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 270-271, no. 106

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Lot Essay

It is recorded in the Grand Gazetteer of Jiangxi Province: Volume VII that “wucai jars decorated with birds and flowers” were produced in the twentieth year of the Wanli reign (1592), which corresponds to the form and decoration of the present lot.

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