PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION 日本顯赫私人珍藏
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC VASE, FANGGU MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI | 明萬曆 青花穿花龍紋鋪首方觚 《大明萬曆年製》款
Auction Closed
October 9, 08:09 AM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Japanese Private Collection
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC VASE, FANGGU
MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI
明萬曆 青花穿花龍紋鋪首方觚
《大明萬曆年製》款
each side of the bulging mid-section applied with a lion mask, reserved against soaring dragons, the rim with a classic scroll frieze interrupted by a six-character reign mark, all supported on a mock pedestal foot with a cusped apron and flat unglazed base, Japanese wood box
44.3 cm, 17 ⅜ in.
The present imperial vase, sturdily potted and boldly painted, belongs to a group of massive temple vessels commissioned by the court for major temples. A closely related vase was included in the exhibition Chūgoku Min Shin bijutsu ten mokuroku/Chinese Arts of the Ming and Ch’ing Periods, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1963, cat. no. 311; and another was sold in our London rooms, 26th June 1973, lot 238. For a wucai example, see one from the collection of Yokogawa Tamisuke and now preserved in the Tokyo National Museum, no. TG-903