AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF LARGE WUCAI `GARLIC-MOUTH` VASES

Lot 886
21.09.2023 17:00UTC -05:00
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$ 604 800
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Lieu de l'événementEtats-Unis, New York
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Lot 886 | AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF LARGE WUCAI 'GARLIC-MOUTH' VASES
Valeur estimée
$ 600 000 – 800 000
AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF LARGE WUCAI 'GARLIC-MOUTH' VASES

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620)

Each vase is heavily potted with a pear-shaped body rising to a cylindrical neck surmounted by a garlic-bulb-form mouth, and is decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red enamel, and yellow and green glazes with dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls on a dense leafy floral ground. The necks are decorated with a wide band of scrolling ruyi-form lingzhi interspersed with 'precious objects' below the garlic mouths decorated with beaded strands suspending ingots and ruyi-heads between large iron-red tassels.

18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high





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Bonta Family Collection, Belgium.

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