An Unusual Cizhou Painted Baluster Jar, Guan

YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY

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An Unusual Cizhou Painted Baluster Jar, Guan
Yuan/Early Ming Dynasty
With an exaggerated high shoulder and thick spreading circular foot, painted in reddish-brown and black on a cream slip with three shaped reserves boldy painted with an immortal floating in a petal-shaped vessel, a crane amidst grasses and a flower spray, all above a lower register of pendent ruyi motifs, with a band of foliate scroll below the short neck, all under a clear glaze
12.3/8in. (31.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

A jar of this unusual shape and similar style of painting, also featuring a panel of a crane, is in The Illustrated Catalogue of Old Oriental Ceramics donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1953, no. 161. Another jar from this group, painted with scenes of Li Bai enjoying wine, is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, A New Comprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, p. 183, no. 390.

See, also, the example sold in these rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 305.

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