MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A BLUE AND WHITE 'WINDSWEPT' JAR, GUAN
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Of baluster form, painted in underglaze blue in the 'windswept' style, with an official seated on the ground, with his horse resting nearby and accompanied by two young attendants, one carrying a qin, the other carrying his sword, another scene depicting an official in a pavilion in a riverscape, with an attendant bearing a vase, all below billowing clouds, with quatrefoil panels and lotus blossom sprays against a diaper ground on the shoulder, the neck with a further classic border, the base encircled by a series of upright plantain leaves
15½ in. (39.4 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present jar belongs to a group of large blue and white jars and meiping of the 14th-16th centuries, depicting figures in landscapes and garden settings, that are taken from traditional literature and popular drama. The panoramic landscape scene is comparable to handscroll paintings of the early Ming period, although on the ceramic painting it required the joining of the scene at one side of the body by a series of stylized cloud scolls to bring about an element of continuity.

Compare this jar to others painted in the same 'wind-swept' style illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, nos. 231-2, middle and bottom rows, which also show figures on horseback accompanied by attendants in landscape settings.

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