*A rare Chinese blue and white small bowl six character Wanli mark and of the period 1573-1619

*A rare Chinese blue and white small bowl six character Wanli mark and of the period 1573-1619, painted to the exterior with six Daoist Immortals amidst waves, the interior with a floral medallion, 9.7cm.

Provenance: formerly in a private Japanese collection, so by Christie's Hong Kong, 27th October, 2003, part lot 617.

Cf. The Fame of Flame, Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli periods, no.79, for a similar example.

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