Lot Essay
Bowls of this design bearing a Jiajing mark would appear to be very rare. A bowl decorated with peaches and bearing a Jiajing mark is illustrated by Mayuyama in Seventy Years, Volume One, p.280, no. 839.
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JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
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A RARE PAIR OF UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND GILT-DECORATED KINRANDE 'CHILONG' BOWLS
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior with two pairs of confronting chilong, one in underglaze blue, the other in reserve with iron-red enamel highlights, interspersed with underglaze blue sprigs of lingzhi fungus and with traces of a leafy scroll gilt decoration below the rim. The interiors are decorated with a central medallion enclosing a coiled chilong below a band of iron-red and pale green enamel geometric design below the rim.
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.)
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior with two pairs of confronting chilong, one in underglaze blue, the other in reserve with iron-red enamel highlights, interspersed with underglaze blue sprigs of lingzhi fungus and with traces of a leafy scroll gilt decoration below the rim. The interiors are decorated with a central medallion enclosing a coiled chilong below a band of iron-red and pale green enamel geometric design below the rim.
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.)
Provenance
Private Japanese Collection
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