Lot 338
338
A Rare Blue and White Drum-Form Jar and Cover
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A Rare Blue and White Drum-Form Jar and Cover

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK, KANGXI

Details
A Rare Blue and White Drum-Form Jar and Cover
Jiajing six-character mark, Kangxi
The rounded sides of the jar well painted with two figural scenes divided by the gilded biscuit dragon-head and loop handles, all above a band of tiny bosses repeated on the sides of the cover below a Buddhistic lion handle left in the biscuit and bearing traces of cold painting in gold, dark green and dark red
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high
Provenance
Chait Galleries, New York.

Lot Essay

Compare the covered jar of similar form illustrated by C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmusuem, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, no. 106, where it is noted that the Buddhistic lion finial was later painted in Europe in gold, grey and black.

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