Blue-and-White Porcelain Gu-Form Vase with Buddhist Lions and Wanli Mark

Ceramic

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The Curio Cabinet Collection

Name/Title

Blue-and-White Porcelain Gu-Form Vase with Buddhist Lions and Wanli Mark

Entry/Object ID

CR0102

Description

Chinese blue-and-white porcelain gu-form vase with a spreading foot, compressed globular center and tall trumpet neck. Reserved panels depict Buddhist lions with traditional auspicious accoutrements, surrounded by densely patterned diaper, geometric and pendant borders. The form and decoration deliberately reference earlier Chinese ceramic traditions. The base bears the six-character mark 大明萬曆年製 (Dà Míng Wànlì nián zhì), “Made during the Wanli reign of the Great Ming,” considered an apocryphal mark.

Category

Chinese Painted Porcelain

Made/Created

Artist

Maker presently unidentified

Time Period

20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Asia

Culture/Tribe

Chinese

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Six-character underglaze-blue mark 大明萬曆年製 (Dà Míng Wànlì nián zhì), “Made during the Wanli reign of the Great Ming,” enclosed within a double circle. Apocryphal Wanli mark.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Includes upper section diameter

Height

9-3/8 in

Diameter

5-9/16 in

Weight

960 g

Material

Porcelain

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase