BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED EWER, WANLI SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
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£2,000 - £3,000
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£17,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED EWER, WANLI SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD in early 15th century style, the body decorated with lotus flowers and leafy tendrils above a ruyi-scroll band, the flame-decorated S-shaped spout issuing from an ogee panel on the body, 12.5cm high Provenance: Christie's, New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 284. Sotheby's New York, 19th March 1997, lot 232. Exhibited: Porcelain for Emperors, The London Asian Art Fair, June 2003, no.20.
