Lot 2833
2833
Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR ‘DRAGON’ CENSER

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

Details
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR ‘DRAGON’ CENSER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
6 in. (14.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1824
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. 260-261, no. 101

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Lot Essay

It is recorded in the Grand Gazetteer of Jiangxi Province: Volume VII that “blue and white censers with dragons amidst clouds” were produced in the twenty-second year of the Wanli reign (1594), which corresponds to the decoration of the present lot.

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