Lot 268
268
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE FACETED BALUSTER JAR

Details
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE FACETED BALUSTER JAR
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

Each side painted in inky tones of underglaze blue with a dragon leaping amidst lotus meander between a band of petal lappets which encircle the foot and a band of overlapping ruyi heads on the shoulder, the short, square neck decorated with geometric scrolls, all within double line borders, some minor fritting
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Jars of this pattern with a Jiajing mark are in the Baur Collection, illustrated by Ayers in the Catalogue, vol. II, Geneva, 1974, no. A155; in the Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, London, 1927, illustrated by Hobson, vol. IV, pl. V, D25; and another was included in The 15th Anniversary Catalogue, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1981, p. 197, no. 809