Lot Essay
A very similar jar was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27-28 April 1993, lot 36.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE `FISH’ JAR
MING DYNASTY, MID-15TH CENTURY
Details
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH’ JAR
MING DYNASTY, MID-15TH CENTURY
The jar is decorated in a vibrant cobalt blue with a continuous scene of carp swimming amidst lotus flowers, above a lappet border around the foot and below floral roundels on a diaper ground on the broad shoulders and a quadrilobed diamond pattern on the short neck.
14 3⁄4 in. (37.5 cm.) high
MING DYNASTY, MID-15TH CENTURY
The jar is decorated in a vibrant cobalt blue with a continuous scene of carp swimming amidst lotus flowers, above a lappet border around the foot and below floral roundels on a diaper ground on the broad shoulders and a quadrilobed diamond pattern on the short neck.
14 3⁄4 in. (37.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, by repute.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist
A very similar jar was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27-28 April 1993, lot 36.