JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

Details

A RARE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED INCISED 'DAOIST FIGURES' BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
6 1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Carl Kempe Collection
Sold at Sotheby's Paris, 12 June 2008, lot 4
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012 lot 3985

Literature

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 842
Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including The Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, p. 312, no. 1023

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Lot Essay

It is recorded in the Jiangxi Gazetteer: Pottery Records that “blue and white jars decorated with performers” were produced in the thirtieth year of the Jiajing reign (1551), which is similar to the pattern of the present lot.

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