A RARE LARGE WUCAI 'GARLIC-HEAD' VASE WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) The vase is heavily potted with a pear-shaped body rising to a cylindrical neck surmounted by a garlic-bulb-form mouth, and is decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, yellow, green and brown enamels with a pond scene of various fish, crabs and shrimp amidst aquatic plants. 22 3/8 in. (57 cm.) high Provenance Russell Tyson (1867-1963) Collection, Chicago, before 1954. The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1954.
A RARE LARGE WUCAI 'GARLIC-HEAD' VASE WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) The vase is heavily potted with a pear-shaped body rising to a cylindrical neck surmounted by a garlic-bulb-form mouth, and is decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, yellow, green and brown enamels with a pond scene of various fish, crabs and shrimp amidst aquatic plants. 22 3/8 in. (57 cm.) high Provenance Russell Tyson (1867-1963) Collection, Chicago, before 1954. The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1954.
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