A FINE MING-STYLE DOUCAI GLOBULAR JAR AND COVER

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A FINE MING-STYLE DOUCAI GLOBULAR JAR AND COVER
ENCIRCLED CHENGHUA SIX-CHARACTER MARK, 18TH CENTURY

The body enamelled with three ornamental rocks in green, aubergine and yellow, flanked by green leafy stems of camellias separated by butterflies in flight above sprigs of asters sprouting from a band of pale underglaze-blue rocks, the slightly domed cover with four ruyi-sprigs above ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls, all within single and double-line borders of underglaze-blue overpainted in iron-red--5 1/2in. (14.8cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

The shape and decoration of this jar is based on a Chenghua prototype. An example is in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in The Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares, Section 5, no. 5, where it is noted that Yongzheng examples are in the Fogg Museum of Art and in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Compare with two similar Chenghua-marked 18th century jars with missing covers, one sold in these Rooms, 13 January 1987, lot 486; the other sold in our New York Rooms, 1 June 1990, lot 326

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