Lot Essay
A very similar jar, in the collection of W.T. Walters, is illustrated by S.W. Bushell in Oriental Ceramic Art, New York, 1980 ed., p. 75, fig. 107.
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KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED AND CELADON-GLAZED 'HUNDRED RIB' JAR, GUAN
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The jar is well potted and relief-decorated around the sides with a band of 'one hundred' ribs glazed in pale celadon below the rounded shoulder decorated with two copper-red dragons emerging from behind scrolling clouds delicately incised under the pale blue-tinged white glaze. The concave base is unglazed.
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) diam.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The jar is well potted and relief-decorated around the sides with a band of 'one hundred' ribs glazed in pale celadon below the rounded shoulder decorated with two copper-red dragons emerging from behind scrolling clouds delicately incised under the pale blue-tinged white glaze. The concave base is unglazed.
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. William L. Corbin Collection; Christie's New York, 16 September 2010, lot 1407.
Exhibited
On loan: Portland Art Museum, 1 June 2006 - 22 June 2010; exhibited 2007-2010.
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