A PAIR OF FINE AND RARE LATE MING WUCAI DISHES
A PAIR OF FINE AND RARE LATE MING WUCAI DISHES WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) Each with shallow rounded sides, the centre of the interior depicting the Daoist, Zhang Daoling, riding on a yellow tiger, brandishing a sword in one hand fighting the 'Five Poisons': the viper, the spider, the toad, the centipede and the scorpion, in a landscape of pine trees, rocks, flowers and clouds, the cavetto decorated with three of the Five Auspicious Subjects, the mugwort, sweet flag and pomegranate flowers, the exterior decorated with alternating Five Poisons and Five Auspicious Subjects, above a short foot encircled by a classic scroll band, all painted and enamelled in bright tones of red, green, yellow and blue 5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) diam., box (2)
A PAIR OF FINE AND RARE LATE MING WUCAI DISHES
A PAIR OF FINE AND RARE LATE MING WUCAI DISHES WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) Each with shallow rounded sides, the centre of the interior depicting the Daoist, Zhang Daoling, riding on a yellow tiger, brandishing a sword in one hand fighting the 'Five Poisons': the viper, the spider, the toad, the centipede and the scorpion, in a landscape of pine trees, rocks, flowers and clouds, the cavetto decorated with three of the Five Auspicious Subjects, the mugwort, sweet flag and pomegranate flowers, the exterior decorated with alternating Five Poisons and Five Auspicious Subjects, above a short foot encircled by a classic scroll band, all painted and enamelled in bright tones of red, green, yellow and blue 5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) diam., box (2)
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