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

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A RARE LARGE WUCAI LOBED 'DRAGON' JAR
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The six-lobed jar is of baluster form and is decorated to each lobe with a roundel containing writhing iron-red and turquoise dragons amidst crashing waves, surrounded by scrolling lotus. There are bands of stiff overlapping leaves around the foot and on the shoulder. The short neck is decorated with similar scrolling lotus.
15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

It is very rare to find a Jiajing mark and period jar of this impressive size and quality, with well-preserved enamels. An almost identical Jiajing mark and period 'dragon' jar is in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, 1999, Hong Kong, p. 7, no. 6.

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