Lot 270
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A RARE IRON-RED AND GREEN GLAZE-DECORATED FACETED BALUSTER JAR
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE IRON-RED AND GREEN GLAZE-DECORATED FACETED BALUSTER JAR

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

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A RARE IRON-RED AND GREEN GLAZE-DECORATED FACETED BALUSTER JAR
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The sides decorated with iron-red dragons grasping a chrysanthemum stem in one claw amidst small green tri-lobed leaves, between a band of petal lappets below and chrysanthemum scroll on the canted shoulder, the short neck with a band of leaf tips, all in iron red and green glaze, the chrysanthemum blossoms with yellow-glazed centers
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, wood stand

Lot Essay

For a similar example with dragons amidst floral and foliate elements, see The 15th Anniversary Catalogue, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1981, p. 197, no. 810; and another with similar decoration at the neck and shoulder, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 10, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Tokyo, 1980, no. 230.

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