MING DYNASTY, ZHENGDE PERIOD (1506-1521)

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AN UNUSUAL ISLAMIC-INSCRIBED IRON-RED AND BLUE AND WHITE JAR
MING DYNASTY, ZHENGDE PERIOD (1506-1521)
The baluster body painted in iron red with a broad band incorporating four diamond-shaped reserves enclosing Islamic inscriptions and separated by double lotus sprays, between bands of lotus scroll in underglaze blue, all within double-line borders
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high, box

Lot Essay

A jar of this form with very similar lotus scroll in underglaze blue, but with a central band of iron red and green-glazed chrysanthemum scroll, is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 203, no. 8:22, where the author notes that "comparison of the lotus scroll with datable imperial porcelains suggests that the jar was made in the Zhengde period". See, also, the larger jar painted all in iron-red, with a similarly decorated central band of Arabic inscriptions, sold in these rooms, 18 September 2003, lot 290.

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