JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A VERY RARE YELLOW AND IRON-RED-DECORATED-UNDERGLAZE BLUE BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The deep rounded sides decorated on the exterior with six sprays of lingzhi fungus framed by spandrels between a band of key fret above and conjoined ruyi heads below, all in yellow glaze outlined and detailed in iron red and reserved on a soft underglaze blue ground, with a yellow and iron-red dragon within a double iron-red border on the interior and below a double blue-line border at the rim, the base countersunk
4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Samuel C. Davis Collection, St. Louis.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The particular palette combination on this bowl, yellow, iron red and soft blue, appears to be very rare. The shape of the bowl and the decoration are also rare, and there appears to be no other bowl like it published, although a few dishes with this palette have been published. Two are illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva, 1969, vol. 2, pl. A 193, a Longqing-marked dish of eight-petalled flower form decorated with dragons and the Eight Treasures on the interior and lingzhi fungus sprigs on the exterior; and pl. A 194, a Wanli-marked circular dish decorated with dragons. Two other dishes similar to the first Baur dish, also with Longqing marks, are illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, no. 73, and one in the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge is illustrated by S. Valenstein in the catalogue for the exhibition, Ming Porcelains, China Institute in America, 29 October 1970 - 31 January 1971, p. 82, no. 54.

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