Lot 43
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A BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE JAR
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A BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE JAR

UNDERGLAZE-BLUE JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE JAR
Underglaze-blue Jiaqing six-character mark and of the period (1796-1820)
Painted on three of the sides in violet blue with a continuous riverscape with mountains, retreats, pine trees and rocky crags, two figures in a boat in the foreground pointing to a third figure crossing the river by a bridge, the fourth side with a five-line poem, crack along base
6 3/8 in. (16.4 cm.) high, Japanese lacquered wood cover
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Lot Essay

The poem can be translated:
'With every litre of wine Taibo composes a hundred poems,
At the market of Chang'an it's in the wine shop he would sleep.
The Son of Heaven beckons but he refuses to board the ship,
Calling out "your vassal is the Immortal in Wine!"'

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