A rare blue and white 'Buddhist Emblems' stand


Wanli six-character mark and of the periodThe hollow cylindrical body with ribs rising from a flat unglazed base, the sides modelled with five ruyi-heads in openwork, decorated in around the exterior with birds perched on fruiting and flowering branches, above floral sprays rising from a border of stylised waves, the mouth rim with the Eight Buddhist Emblems. 24cm (9 1/2in) diam.
|明萬曆 青花花鳥紋基座 青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款A similar stand was included in the exhibition The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, Hong Kong, 2009, no.103.