A WUCAI HEXAGONAL DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

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23.09.2022 08:30UTC -04:00
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ID 807563
Lot 986 | A WUCAI HEXAGONAL DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
A WUCAI HEXAGONAL DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)

Of hexagonal section, the double-gourd vase is decorated on each facet of the lower body with flowering and fruiting trees, with the entwined branches resembling stylized characters below the waisted neck decorated with panels of flowers and fruit interspersed with auspicious emblems.

8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) high





Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 4 December 1984, lot 331.



Literature

B. Dursum, Birds, Beasts, Blossoms and Bugs in East Asian Art, Seattle, Washington, 1993, p. 53, no. 169.



Exhibited

Miami, Florida, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Birds, Beasts, Blossoms and Bugs in East Asian Art, 12 June 1991-4 August 1991. (National Tour, 13 September 1993-1 September 1996)
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