A RARE SMALL MING WUCAI SQUARE JAR, GUAN

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A RARE SMALL MING WUCAI SQUARE JAR, GUAN
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

Painted and enamelled in underglaze-blue, iron-red, yellow, green and aubergine with The Eight Buddhist Emblems amongst continuous scrolling lotus between underglaze-blue and iron-red ruyi heads at the shoulder and similarly enamelled lappets around the foot, the short necks with a key-pattern border, glaze frits
4 3/4 in. (12.2 cm.) high, box

拍品專文

Other jars of this pattern are illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Vol. I, pl. 72; and by Liu Liang-yu in Ming Official Wares, Vol. 4, p. 204. Two other jars of this design have been sold in our London Rooms, 21 April 1986, lots 412 and 413.

Compare also with a larger jar (18 cm. high), from the Collection of J.M. Hu, sold in these Rooms, The Imperial Sale, 27 April 1997, lot 69.

(US$20,000-24,000)