A YELLOW AND GREEN-GLAZED OVOID JAR

YUAN AND MING CERAMICS

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A YELLOW AND GREEN-GLAZED OVOID JAR
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

Decorated with four ogival cartouches separated by the bajixiang arranged in stacked pairs, each cartouche enclosing a five-claw dragon leaping amidst small clouds above waves and rocks in pursuit of a flaming pearl, with a band of various detached flower sprigs below and a band of petal lappets above, all incised and covered in a mustard-yellow glaze reserved on a pale green ground, the unglazed tapering neck and the flat ring below replaced
7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) high, wood cover

Lot Essay

A Similar example was sold in these rooms June 4, 1992, lot 256

For other examples see, Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. I, Tokyo National Museum, and vol II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and vol. 5, The British Museum, London, Tokyo, 1982, nos. 124, 96 and 206 respectively