Lot 1044
  • 1044

A wucai 'figure' bowl mark and period of Wanli

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 HKD
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Description

the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a flared rim, painted to the exterior in underglaze-blue, iron-red, green and yellow enamels with a landscape scene possibly depicting Li Tiekuai and two other figures engaged in various pursuits, set amid flowering shrubs, and a dwelling with a terraced threshold, with swirling clouds above, below a band of alternating ruyi-shaped heads, floral and foliate scrolls, within single-line borders at the rim and foot, the interior decorated with a central medallion within double circles enclosing a winged dragon writhing among flames and cloud swirls in pursuit of a flaming pearl, with a single-line border at the rim, the base with the six-character mark within a double-circle in underglaze-blue   

Catalogue Note

See a related wucai shallow bowl in the Palace Museum with a red dragon in the interior center and figures carrying lanterns on the exterior, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 38, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 52.