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

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A WUCAI 'DAOIST IMMORTALS' BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1433

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. 280-281, no. 111

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Lot Essay

It is recorded in the Grand Gazetteer of Jiangxi Province: Volume VII that “blue and white ‘dragon’ bowls decorated with the Eight Immortals” were produced in the fifth year of the Wanli reign (1577), which is similar to the pattern of the present lot.

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