Lot 3
A BLUE AND WHITE OPENWORK 'BAJIXIANG' STAND Wanli six-character mark and of the period
31 October 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£8,000 - £12,000
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Rachel Hyman
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Lazarus Halstead
Head of Chinese and Asian Art, London
A BLUE AND WHITE OPENWORK 'BAJIXIANG' STAND
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
The flat rounded base with blossom and wave motif to the exterior and floral sprays to the upper surface, supporting an openwork gallery of five ruyi pendants, decorated with birds amongst fruiting, leafy branches, a waisted band with scrolling peony stems below the rounded rim with beribboned Buddhist emblems, the base and interior rim unglazed.
27.2cm (10 3/4in) wide across the base
The flat rounded base with blossom and wave motif to the exterior and floral sprays to the upper surface, supporting an openwork gallery of five ruyi pendants, decorated with birds amongst fruiting, leafy branches, a waisted band with scrolling peony stems below the rounded rim with beribboned Buddhist emblems, the base and interior rim unglazed.
27.2cm (10 3/4in) wide across the base
Footnotes
A similar stand was included in the exhibition 'The Fame of Flame. Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods', University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2009, cat. no. 103.