A RARE BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASE, WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASE
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The tall, flared neck is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with birds, flowers, and insects above the bulbous mid-section pierced on either side with a taotie mask reserved on a leiwen ground, above the foot which is pierced with auspicious emblems above a ruyi border.
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 4 June 1985, lot 165.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASE
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The tall, flared neck is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with birds, flowers, and insects above the bulbous mid-section pierced on either side with a taotie mask reserved on a leiwen ground, above the foot which is pierced with auspicious emblems above a ruyi border.
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 4 June 1985, lot 165.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN
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