CHINA - WANLI period (1572 - 1620) - Lot 146

CHINA - WANLI period (1572 - 1620) Porcelain bowl decorated in blue underglaze with Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) riding her phoenix and pursued by Shoulao on his crane. She approaches a harnessed deer carrying a flowering vase on its back, accompanied by two attendants, one offering her a basket filled with longevity peaches, the other a fan, and surrounding Dhamo standing on a raft. The figures are surrounded by a landscape of pine trees and waves. The rim is decorated with a frieze of lingzhi in their foliage. Inside, a medallion featuring a dragon in pursuit of the sacred pearl, the inner rim decorated with eight branches of bamboo, pine and plum (the three friends of winter). On the reverse, the six-character Wanli mark. Diameter: 15 cm Provenance : - Sotheby's Amsterdam, 1983 - Former collection of Drs. A.M. Sengers, n°169 and illustrated in S. Marchant & Son, Ming Blue and White Porcelain, The Drs. A.M. Sengers Collection, November 2001, n°18, p.28 - S. Marchant & Son, London, 2005