MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL FAHUA JAR AND STAND, MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The robustly potted, broad-shouldered, tapering body of the jar is decorated in relief with beaded chains suspending monster masks, lotus blossoms, and tassels, all below a large ruyi collar on the shoulder, and above a narrow band of ruyi heads. The jar is supported on a waisted pedestal stand raised on six shaped feet. The relief decoration is highlighted in turquoise glaze against a mottled dark blue ground.
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high overall

Provenance

Samuel T. Peters Collection, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tcherepnine; Christie's New York, 29-30 November 1984, lot 217 (part).

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Lot Essay

Sets of fahua jars and supporting stands appear to be quite rare. A very similar jar and stand, also from the Samuel T. Peters Collection, was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 15-16 October 1943, lot 338. See, also, the larger, more ornately decorated jar with an openwork frieze around the sides, supported on a waisted pedestal stand, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, no. 74, where the set is dated to the 16th century.

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