A RARE DATED BLUE AND WHITE FUNERARY TABLET AND STAND WANLI PERIOD, DATED 1608

of rectangular form, the front and back face with a lengthy calligraphic inscription in under-glaze blue, the separate rectangular stand painted to each face with a panel variously enclosing flowers, cash symbols and a two-character inscription

Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including The Carl Kempe Collection,The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 94.

In fair condition overall with the glaze on the back side of the tablet slightly degraded and matte. One chip to the bottom of the tablet 1 cm long. Glaze pull, pinholes and kiln grit concentrated on the one area of the front side of the tablet. Some wear to the glaze around the rim. The stand has significant chips to the glaze on one corner, with smaller chips along the rest of the edges.
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The inscriptions include genealogical details of Cheng Bozhong and is dated to the thirty-sixth year of the Wanli reign (AD 1609).