Christie’s New York: A rare blue and white ‘boys’ dish, Wanli mark and period

painted in bright tones of cobalt blue to the interior with boys playing blind man’s bluff in a tub in a fenced garden, below a border of prancing five-claw dragons,

Provenance:

Private collection, Kyoto, formed primarily in the 18^th century.
The Peony Pavilion Collection; Christie’s London, 12 June 1989, lot 285.
David Ho, Oriental Art, Sydney.
Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 28 November 2000, lot 353.
Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London.
The Collection of Albert and Leonie Van Daalen, Geneva.
Christie’s London, 5 November 2019, lot 26.

Dimensions: 17.8 cm (7in) diameter.

Sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2023 (lot 81) for $68,040 (Estimate $15,000-25,000).