A BLUE AND WHITE SHOU-CHARACTER OVOID JAR

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A BLUE AND WHITE SHOU-CHARACTER OVOID JAR
Wanli Six-Character Mark in Underglaze Blue Within a Double Circle and of the Period
The body painted in inky tones of underglaze blue with three shou characters, each formed by the twisted trunks of the Three Friends growing from rock formations, with a band of lingzhi scroll on the high shoulder below a band of upright leaves encircling the neck
9in. (23.5cm.) high, box

拍品專文

The distinctive decoration of shou characters incorporated into the Three Friends motif was popular during the reign of the Jiajing emperor due to his attachment to Daoism.
Compare two similar jars with Jiajing marks, formerly in the Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection, included in the O.C.S. exhibition of Ming Blue and White, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1946, Catalogue, no. 71, and sold in our London rooms, 7 June 1993, lot 49.