SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIODA VERY RARE ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH' JAR AND COVER

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SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIODA VERY RARE ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH' JAR AND COVER
ENCIRCLED JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

PAINTED IN BRIGHT BLUE TONES WITH STYLISED LOTUS PANELS AROUND THE FOOT AND A BAND OF PLANTAIN LEAVES BENEATH A CLASSIC SCROLL AROUND THE NECK, WITH EIGHT CARP IN YELLOW ENAMEL OVERLAID WITH IRON-RED DETAILS IN VARIOUS LEAPING AND SWIMMING POSTURES AMIDST CLUMPS OF LUXURIANT AQUATIC WEEDS, POLYPS AND LOTUS SPRAYS, THE DOMED COVER SIMILARLY PAINTED AND SURMOUNTED BY A BUD-SHAPED FINIAL (SECTION OF NECK AND COVER RIM CHIPS RESTORED), GLAZE CRACKLES

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AN IDENTICAL JAR AND COVER FROM THE PALACE MUSEUM, BEIJING, IS ILLUSTRATED IN ZHONGGUO MEISHU QUANJI, CERAMICS, VOL.3, COL.PL.116. ANOTHER FROM THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON, IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE T.T. TSUI GALLERY OF CHINESE ART, CHINESE ART AND DESIGN, COL. PL. 72. THESE APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY OTHER RECORDED EXAMPLE WITH A COVER

SIMILAR JARS WITHOUT COVERS ARE ILLUSTRATED IN SEKAI TOJI ZENSHU, SHOGAKUKAN SERIES, VOL.14, COL.PL.74 AND MAYUYAMA SEVENTY YEARS, VOL.1, PL.843

COMPARABLE VERSIONS FROM THE JIAJING PERIOD USING SIMILAR MOTIFS BUT ENAMELLED IN THE WUCAI PALETTE ARE ILLUSTRATED IN SEKAI TOJI ZENSHU, VOL.14, COL.PL.199 AND COL.PL.76

THE STYLE OF THE PAINTING APPEARS TO IMITATE MANY CHENGHUA CHARACTERISTICS, ALTHOUGH THE PROTOTYPE FOR THE DESIGN OF FISH AMONG WEEDS MAY BE TRACED BACK TO THE YUAN PERIOD. FOR TWO SUCH EXAMPLES, CF. ORIENTAL CERAMICS, KODANSHA SERIES, VOL.1, COL.PL.32, FROM THE TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM AND SEKAI TOJI ZENSHU, VOL.1S, COL.PL.194

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