Lot 3170. A wucai 'Birds and Flowers' jar. Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619); height 13.5 cm., 5 1/4 in. Estimate 90,000-120,000 HKD (8,807 — 11,743 EUR). Lot sold 212,500 HKD (20,795 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

the ovoid body with a rounded shoulder and a short mouth, painted in cobalt blue, iron red, yellow, green and black enamels, with four lobed panels of birds flying amongst flowering and fruiting branches, all below a frieze of four similarly decorated cartouches against a coin-diaper ground at the shoulder, and above a row of upright lappets above the foot, the slightly recessed base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark.  

PROVENANCE: An old Japanese collection.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong Kong | 04 avr. 2012