A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'BAJIXIANG' CIRCULAR STAND

SIX CHARACTER WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1573-1620

Possibly for a drum, constructed with six cloud-shaped feet above a ring foot, painted with bands of scrolling foliage, birds on leafy stems, tied Buddhist emblems, and a flower and wave design, 29cm.

Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Sotheby's, London, 17th December 1996, lot 62.

Cf. Oriental Ceramics, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, pl.237 for a similar example from the Charles B Hoyt collection.