YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

This finely decorated jar and cover is distinguished by its impressively large size and the dynamic scene of male and female hunters on horseback. It is also noteworthy for having the scenes fill the entire surface of the jar and cover, rather than being framed within decorative borders at the rims and the base. Compare the slightly smaller famille rose jar and cover (31 ½ in.), dating to the Qianlong period, depicting the legendary female general Mu Guiying breaking the Heaven Gate Formation, formerly in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and sold at Christie’s New York, Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum, 15 September 2016, lot 952. See, also, a pair of smaller Yongzheng-Qianlong period jars and covers (24 ½ in. high) depicting the Yang Lady Generals, sold at Christie’s New York, 25 January 2011, lot 98.