A RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, GU
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
Boldly painted to the bulbous mid section with bowls and baskets containing fruit and flower sprays, the tapering lower body with butterflies and insects amongst flowering plants issuing from pierced rockwork, above a border of scattered blossom and wood-grain pattern, the neck with bands of formal leaf lappets and a variegated floral meander, within moulded bands, the rim with the horizontal six-character reign mark on a foliate scroll band.
57.5cm (22 5/8in) high.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
明萬曆 青花花卉紋大觚
青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書橫款
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.33
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號33
Gu vases enjoyed a great popularity during the reign of the Wanli emperor, and were produced in different variations of size and decoration. Large vases such as the present example, however, are quite rare. In addition to its exceptionally large size, the present vase is notable for the flowing and naturalistic brushstrokes and the balanced interplay between elegance and archaic stateliness.
A similar blue and white gu vase, of slightly larger size, Wanli mark and period, is illustrated in Enlightening Elegance: Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Qing Period, The Huanghuaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.388-391. A related wucai gu vase, Wanli, decorated with dragons and peonies, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Wucai Doucai, Shanghai, 199, p.37, no.34. Another wucai example now in the Matsuoka Art Museum, Japan, is illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol.1, Japan, 1976, pl.916.
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Wanli six-character mark and of the period
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
Boldly painted to the bulbous mid section with bowls and baskets containing fruit and flower sprays, the tapering lower body with butterflies and insects amongst flowering plants issuing from pierced rockwork, above a border of scattered blossom and wood-grain pattern, the neck with bands of formal leaf lappets and a variegated floral meander, within moulded bands, the rim with the horizontal six-character reign mark on a foliate scroll band.
57.5cm (22 5/8in) high.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
明萬曆 青花花卉紋大觚
青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書橫款
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.33
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號33
Gu vases enjoyed a great popularity during the reign of the Wanli emperor, and were produced in different variations of size and decoration. Large vases such as the present example, however, are quite rare. In addition to its exceptionally large size, the present vase is notable for the flowing and naturalistic brushstrokes and the balanced interplay between elegance and archaic stateliness.
A similar blue and white gu vase, of slightly larger size, Wanli mark and period, is illustrated in Enlightening Elegance: Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Qing Period, The Huanghuaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.388-391. A related wucai gu vase, Wanli, decorated with dragons and peonies, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Wucai Doucai, Shanghai, 199, p.37, no.34. Another wucai example now in the Matsuoka Art Museum, Japan, is illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol.1, Japan, 1976, pl.916.
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