Lot Essay
The motif of flying cranes (yipin niao) implies wishes for rising high in rank. Yipin niao also means 'bird of the first rank', and a crane on a rank badge denotes the first rank for a civil official.
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JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
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A BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JAR
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Decorated in rich inky tones of underglaze blue with the Eight Trigrams (ba gua) within roundels supported by large ruyi-shaped clouds surrounded by cranes in flight amidst further ruyi-head clouds above a band of cash symbols at the foot
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high, box
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Decorated in rich inky tones of underglaze blue with the Eight Trigrams (ba gua) within roundels supported by large ruyi-shaped clouds surrounded by cranes in flight amidst further ruyi-head clouds above a band of cash symbols at the foot
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high, box