Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art exhibition for 'Asian Art in London 2022'.
Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art exhibition for 'Asian Art in London 2022'.
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A GROUP OF THREE RHOMBIC OR DIAMOND SHAPED
LACQUER BRUSH POTS
Wanli mark and period, 1573-1619
明 万 历 1573-1619 剔 红 菱 方 笔 筒
Dimensions: 10cm wide, 13.5cm high
Provenance: - Purchased from Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, November
2007
- A private American collection
Published:
Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, ‘Arts for the Scholar’, Asian Art
in London 2007, no. 16, p. 42-45
Each of the three of tall lozenge shape, raised on small corner feet. Two decorated
in red lacquer with finely incised key-fret border at the top, one with a ‘wan’,
the other with a swastika and cash diaper ground to the front sides. The third
lacquered in a marble effect in yellow, red and black. All three with black lacquer
to the base and interior. The base with six-character ‘da ming wan li nian zhi’
marks painted in red.
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