A blue and white octagonal lobed jar Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 青花八棱麒麟龍紋小罐 《大明萬曆年製》款
Estimate:
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
A blue and white octagonal lobed jar Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 青花八棱麒麟龍紋小罐 《大明萬曆年製》款
A blue and white octagonal lobed jar Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 青花八棱麒麟龍紋小罐 《大明萬曆年製》款
Estimate:
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot sold:
25,200
GBP
A blue and white octagonal lobed jar
Mark and period of Wanli
明萬曆 青花八棱麒麟龍紋小罐 《大明萬曆年製》款
the octagonally lobed body rising from a recessed base to a short straight rim, painted in vibrant underglaze-blue with a continuous scene of a dragon chasing a flaming pearl and three qilin among scrolling clouds beneath a ruyi lappet border, and a cover
Height 12 cm, 4¾ in.
(2)
The jar has light glaze scratches around the body.
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