Lot 502. A rare blue and white 'floral' cupstand, Wanli mark and period (1573-1619). Diameter 5 7/8  in., 14.9 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 23,750 USD.  Courtesy Sotheby's.

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short, tapered foot to an everted rim divided into five lobes, molded on the interior with a central raised ring decorated in underglaze blue with petal lappets, encircled by undulating leafy chrysanthemum scrolls, all surrounded by a band of eight auspicious emblems at the cavetto and foliate scrolls at the rim, the motif repeated on the exterior, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle .

Provenance: Collection of Charles Harrison McClintick.
Christie's New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 286.