A FAHUA BALUSTER JAR

Details

A FAHUA BALUSTER JAR
MING DYNASTY

The sides slip-decorated with two pairs of peacocks flanking ornamental rocks and separated by large peony blossoms, set between a band of petal lappets below and a beaded garland hung with 'auspicious' emblems on the high shoulder above, all below a narrow, petal lappet band and below detached clouds encircling the neck, in tones of bright turquoise and pale ochre reserved on a deep purplish-blue ground (restoration and cracks) 13½in. (34.3cm.) high

Provenance

Alice Boney, January, 1958
Stephen Junkunc, III

Lot Essay

Compare the closely related jar illustrated by Toru Nakano, The Panoramic Views of Chinese Patterns, Japan, 1985, no. 131

For other fahua jars with peacocks, decorated with the more commonly found ruyi collar, refer to R.L. Hobson, The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1923, pl. 12. Another jar of this type was included in the exhibition, Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period, Percival David Foundation, London, September 8, 1994-Feburary 7, 1995, and illustrated by Rosemary Scott in the Catalogue, no. 35