An unusual wucai zun-form vase, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 五彩人物圖方尊 《大明萬曆年製》款
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An unusual wucai zun-form vase
Mark and period of Wanli
明萬曆 五彩人物圖方尊 《大明萬曆年製》款
the base with a six-character mark𝕴 in underglaze blue within a do꧂uble square
Height 4⅞ in., 12.3 cm
Sotheby's London, 11th July 1966, lot 205.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present,𒈔 coll. no. M.3.4.
倫敦蘇富比1966年7月11日，編號205
吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號M.3.4
Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 110.
柯玫瑰等，《Chinese Antiquities from the Wou K💖iuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Muse🐼um》，香港，2011年，圖版110
This vase belongs to a small group of similarly decorated Wanli-marked vases, including one in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, illustrated in Idemitsu Bijutsukan zōhin zuroku. Chūgoku tōji/Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 740; one in the Tsui Art Foundation, included in the exhibition Joined Colors. Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain. Ceramics from Collectors in the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1993, cat. no. 54; and a third from the collection of Edward T. Chow, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1981, lot. 434.
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