M5825
£9,500
Description
Chinese porcelain blue and white deep basin with flat, everted rim, painted in the centre and the cavetto with twenty-six large shou characters on a fruiting lingzhi continuous scrolling branch, beneath a blue ground wave border with plum blossom, the underside with branches and flowers beneath a blue-dressed rim.
Wanli, 1573-1619.
14 inches, 35.5 cm diameter.
Condition
Excellent condition, minute rim frits
Provenance & Additional Information
Japanese wood box.
- From a private collection, Tokyo.
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