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Lot 120

Lot 120

**A Wucai Porcelain Lobed Jar**

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Estimate$8,000 – $12,000

Status

Closed

A Wucai Porcelain Lobed Jar

Wanli Period (1573-1620)

明萬曆五彩人物圖蓋罐
of hexafoil form, with straight sides divided into six lobes, each containing a rectangular cell painted with individual scenes depicting a scholar clad in red robes flanked by attendants beneath pines, all beneath a band of lotus meander at the mouth. Incised to the underside with a six-character mark in underglaze blue; together with a conforming hardwood cover and stand.

Height 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm.

Provenance:

Fine Chinese Paintings and Works of Art, Bonhams New York, September 9, 2019, lot 860

Overall in very good condition, light surface scratches to the exterior, three short firing cracks on the interior.

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Annie Wu

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.