A rare wucai 'figural' square zun-form vase, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 五彩高仕賞遊圖方尊 《大明萬曆年製》款
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A rare wucai 'figural' square zun-form vase,
Mark and period of Wanli
明萬曆 五彩高仕賞遊圖方尊
《大明萬曆年製》款
the mid-section decorated with four panels, each enclosing a scholar under a pine tree, flanked by lotus scrolls at the canted corners, between lingzhi sprigs on the angled shoulder and a keyfret band encircling the spreading foot, the flaring neck painted on each facet with a five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amidst clouds, with additional lingzhi sprigs to the inside, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double square
12.3 cm
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th May 1981, lot 434.
仇焱之（1910-1980年）收藏
香港蘇富比1981年5月19日，編號434
Chūgoku meitō ten: Chūgoku tōji 2000-nen no seika [Exhibition of important Chinese ceramics: Essence of two thousand years of Chinese ceramics], Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, and six other locations in Japan, 1992, cat. no. 97.
《中国名陶展：中国陶磁2000年の精華》，橋高島屋，東京，以及其他六個日本縣市，1992年，編號97
Zhongguo mingtao Riben xunhui zhan. Gangtai mingjia shoucang taoci jingpin [Exhibition of famous Chinese ceramics touring Japan. Fine ceramics from private Hong Kong and Taiwanese Collections], Museum of History, Taipei, 1992, p. 159.
The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005, pl. 23.
《中國名陶日本巡迴展—港台名家收藏陶瓷精品》，歷史博物館，台北，1992年，頁159
《樂山堂藏瓷》，台北，2005年，圖版23