JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

Details

A Rare Yellow and Aubergine-Glazed Double-Gourd Vase
Jiajing six-character mark within a double-circle and of the period (1522-1566)
The two bulbs of the body incised with lotus meander set between ruyi bands around the narrow waist and neck, all glazed yellow and reserved on an aubergine ground
17¼in. (43.8cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 23 March 1998, lot 610.

Literature

S. Little, The Herzman Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 35.

Lot Essay

The gourd is a Daoist symbol of immortality and longevity, a subject particularly popular during the Jiajing period due to the Emperor's devotion to Daoism.

A very similar Jiajing-marked vase, but of slightly larger size (45.1cm.), is illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 21, Jingdezhen caihui ciqi, Shanghai, 1981, no. 28.

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