Lot 27
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A BLUE AND WHITE VASE, MEIPING
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A BLUE AND WHITE VASE, MEIPING

JIAJING (1522-66)

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A BLUE AND WHITE VASE, MEIPING
Jiajing (1522-66)
Of wide-shouldered, tapering form, painted with a wide band of cranes amid cloud scrolls, between further bands of lotus scroll and lappets below and cloud collars with lotus flowers above, the short flaring neck with stiff leaves, the base with a four-character auspicious mark reading fugui changchun (wealth and high position, long-lasting spring)
17¼ in. (44 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, p. 307, fig. 220.

Although this vase is very characteristic of the Jiajing period in its shape, painting style and decorative elements, it is rare to find a piece with such a well-organised dense overall design.

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