THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL BALUSTER JAR AND COVER painted with 'floating' fruit and flower sprays, 36cm. high; a miniature jar and cover, similar, 8.5cm. high; a bird-feeder painted in the early Ming style, Xuande mark, 6cm. wide; a pair of 'dragon' bowls, Jiajing marks, 11cm. diam.; a pair of barrel-shaped miniature jars and covers, 5.5cm. high; and a pair of miniature stem-cups, 4.8cm. high,
Details
A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL BALUSTER JAR AND COVER painted with 'floating' fruit and flower sprays, 36cm. high; a miniature jar and cover, similar, 8.5cm. high; a bird-feeder painted in the early Ming style, Xuande mark, 6cm. wide; a pair of 'dragon' bowls, Jiajing marks, 11cm. diam.; a pair of barrel-shaped miniature jars and covers, 5.5cm. high; and a pair of miniature stem-cups, 4.8cm. high,
all circa 1643 (9)
all circa 1643 (9)
Provenance
The 'Asian Junk' Cargo, sold in our Amsterdam Rooms in different auctions between 1982-4. Several of the types are illustrated in the definitive record of the salvaged ceramics, C. Sheaf and R. Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, i.e. the bird-feeder is one of several recovered, a type illustrated on p.70