Asian Art I - 22nd May 2013
Lot 308
*A rare Chinese blue and white small bowl six character Wanli mark and of the period 1573-1619
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £15000
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Description
*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.
明萬曆 青花八仙過海小碗
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