A CARVED RED LACQUER 'DA JI' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE, 18TH CENTURY

A CARVED RED LACQUER 'DA JI' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
18TH CENTURY
The upper section is carved with four roundels each containing a da (great) character, and the lower section with four roundels each containing a ji (auspiciousness) character, alternating between the Eight Buddhist Emblems amidst foliate peony scroll on a diaper ground. The interior of the neck and foot are lacquered black.
14 ¾ in. (37.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Roger Keverne, London, 2013.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN