Lot Essay
For a similar but smaller and unlobed example from the F. Lugt Collection in the Netherlands Institute, cf. Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, pl. 153
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A VERY RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE LOBED JAR, GUAN
ENCIRCLED JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Each section of the lobed body painted with one of the Eight Daoist Immortals amid cloud scrolls, all above cresting and rolling waves between lappet borders on the base and shoulder, the neck with eight ribboned ruyi-heads, faint glaze line to shoulder-11 1/8 in.(28.5 cm.) high
ENCIRCLED JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Each section of the lobed body painted with one of the Eight Daoist Immortals amid cloud scrolls, all above cresting and rolling waves between lappet borders on the base and shoulder, the neck with eight ribboned ruyi-heads, faint glaze line to shoulder-11 1/8 in.(28.5 cm.) high