Ming wanli Blue sea dragon lion new gossip cover furnace

• RMB 552000
• HKD 618141
• USD 82800
• EUR 60720

note: this type of quadruped square furnace for DE novo the shape of wanli period. Furnace is ding type, square, mouth along the flat and micro fold, fold the shoulder, on both sides of the cube, deep abdominal convex, underneath the best form of a quadruped. Perfect blue and white decoration, like double table cover, on both sides of the rectangle to keep mouth, with shaft ears, the underlying gossip fire moire, top surface act the role of water lines, and on the top of a porcelain plastic lion roll silk, the lion mouth spits, neck is a bell, foot ball, long tail up, darling, image is clear. Shoulder abdomen were painted dragon playing pearl grain, all around the dragon mouth spits, lithe body, there is fireworks beads. The lower water spray painting. Green design and color is more, the blue purple, bright glaze water. Bottom of four, with the blue on both sides box “daming Wan Linian” six book two double box regular script, the writing is rigorous, the spirit of the red tape.
for 48 years Ming wan li, has important position in the history of Chinese ceramics. “Records:” Ming · shihuozhi made things, about bonding in British, following with xian wu, to sejong cases and the very god.” Shao zhi people the supplementation of ancient and modern China origin test for evaluation of wanli porcelain with: “long wan factory soil includes processing grave, quality, and the thickness, color and green color, make yi qiao, has any matter, juice jade-like stone pile such as fat thick.” Wanli period, the religious sacrificial activities are very active, wanli after birth mother Li Tai believed in Buddhism, imperial secretary called it a bodhisattva incarnation, as “nine lotus bodhisattva”. Therefore, wan li kuan, incense burner has fire, more related to sacrifice and changing shape. And the type shape is typical of the Ming wanli kiln system, in the handed down, cover more lost, and so appearance in good condition, is extremely rare, precious.

refer to: the imperial palace, blue and white porcelain six, longqing Ming wanli porcelain, development co., LTD., 1963, figure 9 (this volume covers)
“the Palace Museum hidden treasures series – blue and white youligong (in), Shanghai science and technology publishing house, 2000, pp. 190, 177