ID 1007339 
Lot 883  | A SUPERB AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE DOUCAI 'BAJIXIANG' BOWL
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000 
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620)
The deep bowl with slightly everted rim is finely decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red enamel, and green and yellow glazes, with the bajixiang ('Eight Buddhist Emblems') on the exterior and on the interior with a central lingzhi with scrolling branches within a double blue line circle.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
Shogado, Tokyo, c. 1990.
Marchant, London, 1994.
Private collection, United States.
Eskenazi, London, no. A-291.
Marchant, London.
Exhibited
Middlebury, Vermont, Middlebury College Museum of Art, 2006-2015.
| Historical era: | Wanli period | 
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| Category: | Bowls | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Historical era: | Wanli period | 
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| Category: | Bowls | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
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