A RARE WHITE-GLAZED INCISED EWER Wanli mark and period

supported on a low tapered foot, the pear-shaped body rising to a columnar neck flaring to an upright lip, molded on two sides with a tear-shaped panel enclosing an incised dragon, the remainder of the body incised with floral sprays and scrolling tendrils, with upright plantain lappets at the neck, the spout and handle rising elegantly from the body, the glaze of a lustrous white color, a six-character Wanli mark incised on the base

Bonhams London, 5th November 2007, lot 185.
S. Marchant & Son, London (until 1998).
An English private collection.

S. Marchant & Son, Two Hundred Years of Chinese Porcelain, 1522-1722, London, 1998, no. 15.

There is a hairline crack to the bridge between the spout and the neck, a thin hairline crack around the top of the handle, a 1/4 inch chip to the foot with smaller nibbles and an area of old restoration on the remainder of the foot rim. A tiny potting flaw on the spout, covered with glaze and barely noticeable. In otherwise good condition.
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