A rare blue and white 'lança' cup, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 青花梵文花鳥紋盃 《大明萬曆年製》款
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A rare blue and white 'lança' cup,
Mark and period of Wanli
明萬曆 青花梵文花鳥紋盃 《大明萬曆年製》款
d. 7.2 cm
Collection of H.R.N. Norton (d. 1961-62).
Sotheby's London, 26th March 1963, lot 44.
諾頓（1961-62年卒）收藏
倫敦蘇富比1963年3月26日，編號44
No other identical wine cups appear to be published. See two closely related cups sharing a similar motif and characters, but in a slightly compressed and smaller form: the first one (d. 4.6 cm) in the Taipei Palace Museum, accession no. Guci-018094N000000000; the second (d. 4.8 cm) from the Sir Percival David Collection in the British Museum, accession no. PDF.626.
The inscription on the interior is written in concentric circles, resembling a Tibetan prayer wheel; as the bowl is rotated, the prayer is released.
The inscription on the interior is written in concentric circles, resembling a Tibetan prayer wheel; as the bowl is rotated, the prayer is released.