Lot Essay
Compare two similar guans in the Tokyo National Museum, included in the Exhibition of Eastern Art celebrating the opening of the Gallery of Eastern Antiquities, 1968, Catalogue, nos. 448 and 449
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A LARGE FAHUA BALUSTER JAR AND COVER, GUAN MING DYNASTY
The sides decorated in raised relief with two courtiers first seen conversing outside a pavilion and then on horseback and accompanied by two attendants as they approach another pavilion, set between a band of petal lappets below and a cloud collar on the shoulder above, the slightly waisted neck with detached cloud scrolls, all in yellow, aubergine, turquoise and cream on a deep purplish-blue ground, the interior glazed green, the cover en suite, neck restored, drilled and mounted on a gilt-metal stand--17 1/4in. (43.8cm.) high
The sides decorated in raised relief with two courtiers first seen conversing outside a pavilion and then on horseback and accompanied by two attendants as they approach another pavilion, set between a band of petal lappets below and a cloud collar on the shoulder above, the slightly waisted neck with detached cloud scrolls, all in yellow, aubergine, turquoise and cream on a deep purplish-blue ground, the interior glazed green, the cover en suite, neck restored, drilled and mounted on a gilt-metal stand--17 1/4in. (43.8cm.) high