Refined gathering II—selection of marchant and Japanese collection of ming porcelain

5376 | Wanli period,(1563-1622 AD) A RARE BLUE AND WHITE‘BEASTS’VASE,MEIPING

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE‘BEASTS’VASE,MEIPING

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Size: H48.8cm

Signed and dated: Wanli period,(1563-1622 AD)

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 950,000



PROVENANCE
• Formerly in a Scandinavian private collection
• Purchased at Galerie Horhammer,Helsinki,Finland,January 8th 1941,Ivar Horhammer (1884-1953) acquired in England during the 1930’s
• The S Marchant & Son,no.M4075

A blue and white vase meiping of tapering form with flared neck and wide shoulder,painted with a horse,a qilin,and a Buddhist lion amid cloud scrolls,all above a band of galloping horses and below a band of ruyi lappets on the shoulder.