A Chinese Blue and White 'Dragon, Phoenix, and Figures' Porcelain Zun Vase

of square section, supported on a splayed foot rising to a bulging mid-section below a broad everted rim, the exterior painted with square panels each enclosing a scholar beneath a tree, divided on the canted corners by floral sprays, the neck with a striding five-clawed dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl' amidst scrolling clouds and flame scrolls, all above a key-fret band at the base, the interior with sprays of floral blossoms, the base with a Wanli six-character underglaze blue mark within double squares.
Note:
A similar example, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, October 4, 2016, sale HK0677 Important Chinese Art: The Collection Of A Parisian Connoisseur, Part III, lot 111.
Another similar example but in wucai palette, see Christie's Paris, December 8, 2021, sale 20090 Art d'Asie, lot 146.

Height 5 in., 12.7 cm.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance:

Yoshida Family Collection, Osaka, Japan (label on the box).

來源：

日本大阪吉田家藏（据木箱標簽）。

A Chinese Blue and White 'Dragon, Phoenix, and Figures' Porcelain Zun Vase

A Chinese Blue and White 'Dragon, Phoenix, and Figures' Porcelain Zun Vase

**A Chinese Blue and White 'Dragon, Phoenix, and Figures' Porcelain Zun Vase**

**A Chinese Blue and White 'Dragon, Phoenix, and Figures' Porcelain Zun Vase**