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A moulded flower-shaped blue and white dish, Ming dynasty with Wanlis six character mark and of the period (1573-1619).

Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 850 - 7 800 EUR
6 800 - 9 060 USD
Hammer price
75 000 SEK
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Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A moulded flower-shaped blue and white dish, Ming dynasty with Wanlis six character mark and of the period (1573-1619).

Finally modelled with two rows of shaped overlapping petals forming concave panels, the inner band infilled with pendant trefoil motifs and the other band carved and painted as leafves. The outer band decorated with lanca carachters inspersed with flowers. Diameter 21 cm.

Repair to rim, fritting.

Provenance

The Hultmark Collection, previously at the Hans Öström Collection, no 1007.

Literature

Dishes of this design are in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in Minji Meihin Zuoku, vol III, 1978. As well as in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Published in the oriental Ceramics, the World's Greatest Collections, vol. II, 1982.