A RARE WUCAI 'SHOULAO' SAUCER DISHWanli six-character mark and of the period
Centrally painted in blue and enamelled in green, red and yellow with Shoulao descending on a flying crane towards a fenced terrace, a red-robed dignitary, small boy and standing crane awaiting his arrival, all within a border of shou characters in a continuous leafy meander. 17.5cm (6 3/4in) diam.Footnotes明萬曆 五彩獻壽圖盤
青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款
Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 738
A European private collection
來源：香港佳士得，2002年10月28日，拍品編號738
歐洲私人收藏
Compare with a related wucai dish, Wanli six-character mark and period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 2007, p.47, no.43. See also a similar wucai dish, with shou-characters around the border, Wanli six-character mark and of the period, in the Songde Tang collection, illustrated in The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Period, Hong Kong, 2009, pp.288-289. See also Enlightened Elegance: Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Ming, the Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.296-297, where the author notes that 'Emperor Jiajing's Daoist belief led to the production of a large quantity of ceramic wares with religious symbolism. This stylistic trend waned slightly during the Wanli period although it still permeated ceramics of this era'.
Compare with a related wucai dish, Wanli, decorated with figures in a garden setting, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc.no.C.1037-1917.
A similar wucai dish decorated with boys holding a lantern, Wanli mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2813.
A RARE WUCAI 'SHOULAO' SAUCER DISHWanli six-character mark and of the period
Centrally painted in blue and enamelled in green, red and yellow with Shoulao descending on a flying crane towards a fenced terrace, a red-robed dignitary, small boy and standing crane awaiting his arrival, all within a border of shou characters in a continuous leafy meander. 17.5cm (6 3/4in) diam.Footnotes明萬曆 五彩獻壽圖盤
青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款
Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 738
A European private collection
來源：香港佳士得，2002年10月28日，拍品編號738
歐洲私人收藏
Compare with a related wucai dish, Wanli six-character mark and period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 2007, p.47, no.43. See also a similar wucai dish, with shou-characters around the border, Wanli six-character mark and of the period, in the Songde Tang collection, illustrated in The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Period, Hong Kong, 2009, pp.288-289. See also Enlightened Elegance: Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Ming, the Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.296-297, where the author notes that 'Emperor Jiajing's Daoist belief led to the production of a large quantity of ceramic wares with religious symbolism. This stylistic trend waned slightly during the Wanli period although it still permeated ceramics of this era'.
Compare with a related wucai dish, Wanli, decorated with figures in a garden setting, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc.no.C.1037-1917.
A similar wucai dish decorated with boys holding a lantern, Wanli mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2813.
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