A SMALL WUCAI DRAGON JAR

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A SMALL WUCAI DRAGON JAR
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Of compressed globular form, the jar painted in Chenghua style with two winged dragons in underglaze blue with iron-red details striding amidst flames and separated by clouds between petal lappet borders painted in iron red, green and yellow
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) across

Provenance

Samuel C. Davis Collection, St. Louis.

Lot Essay

This jar appears to be a Wanli interpretation in wucai of earlier Chenghua (1465-1487) doucai examples. Compare the baluster jar of this size, but less compressed form, decorated with similar petal lappet borders and similar winged dragons in underglaze blue illustrated in A Legacy of Chenghua, The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 310-11, no. C111. The jar has a cover and a tian mark on the base.

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