AN UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE BOWL

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

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AN UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The thickly potted, flared sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted on each side of the exterior with a lively five-clawed dragon leaping amidst lingzhi fungus, all within double-line borders, the interior with a shou character in a double square in the center below a band of classic scroll at the rim
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) diam.

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A Jiajing period bowl of similar shape, with similar decoration in underglaze blue, reserved on a yellow ground, is illustrated in The 15th Anniversary Catalogue, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1981, p. 197, no. 811. An aubergine, green and yellow-decorated example is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S. C. Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, Part I, p. 118, no. 70, where it is noted that square bowls of this type were popular during the Jiajing period, but their popularity declined after the Wanli period.

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