A WUCAI 'FIGURAL' CHARGER Kangxi period
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A WUCAI 'FIGURAL' CHARGER Kangxi period The wide, rounded body rising to an everted rim with a subtly barbed edge, painted with a narrative scene set on a terrace, at the center an elaborately dressed man donning a headdress issuing two tall feathers commanding attention and accompanied by a warrior with a sword, at the other end of the terrace a scholar-official bowing and extending his arms to protect two younger boys, the rooves of distant pavilions emerging from the clouds, the rim with 'crane' and 'ruyi' medallions against an iron-red diaper pattern, the reverse with peony boughs in iron-red and green enamel, the base with a leaf within a double-circle in underglaze blue. 14 1/2in (36.8cm) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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