A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX AND CRANES' VASE

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

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX AND CRANES' VASE
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The vase is finely potted with a slightly compressed globular body and applied to both sides of the neck with lion-mask loop handles hanging loose rings. The body is painted in attractive vibrant tones of cobalt blue with alternating pairs of phoenix and cranes, flying amidst wispy clouds. The neck is decorated with the trigram below a band of interlinking ruyi and demi-florettes.
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, box

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical example from the Qing Court Collection is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 96, no. 89 (fig. 1).

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