A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER

KANXGI

Details

A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER
KANXGI
Of drum form, decorated to each side with four ladies at various pursuits including three playing instruments, flanked by gilt C-shaped mask handles and surmounted by a gilt Buddhistic lion finial, six character jiajing mark
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

with Max Robertson, London, 1962
Bluett & Sons, London, 28 February 1964
The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 85

Lot Essay

For a similar example see Christie's, New York, 21 September 2000, lot 338. Also compare the covered jar of similar form illustrated by C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, no. 106.

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