CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, EPOQUE ZHENGTONG - TIANSHUN (1436-1464)

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RARE ET IMPORTANTE JARRE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC, GUAN
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, EPOQUE ZHENGTONG - TIANSHUN (1436-1464)
Le pourtour est orné de trois lettrés à cheval accompagnés de leur quatre serviteurs transportant sur leurs dos des paniers de victuailles, des jarres et un qin soigneusement enveloppé. Ils cheminent sous les pins vers un pavillon où les attendent un lettré et deux serviteurs. Le ciel est chargé de nuages en volutes. La base est encerclée d'une large bande de flots tumultueux et le col et l'épaulement de quatre petits médaillons ornés de fleurs en réserve sur fond de croisillons.
Hauteur: 35,5 cm. (13 ¾ in.)

Provenance

Previously in a Japanese private collection in Kyushu, purchased from Hirano Kotoken, Osaka, circa 1970.

Special notice

Additional costs of 5.5% including tax of the auction price will be taken in addition to the usual costs charged to the buyer. These additional costs are likely to be reimbursed to the buyer on presentation of proof of export of the batch outside the Union European within the legal deadlines (See the "VAT" section of Terms of sale)

Further details

A RARE AND IMPORTANT BLUE AND WHITE JAR, GUAN
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, ZHENGTONG - TIANSHUN PERIOD (1436-1464)

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Lot Essay

See a closely related jar in the Shanghai Museum is included by Yang Zhigang in Jingdezhen Porcelain Wares in the Mid-Fifteenth Century, China, 2019, no. 228, pp. 320-321 and other similar related jars from the Capital Museum and the Tianjin Museum are also illustrated, nos. 229, 233, 234. See also another jar decorated with identical subject referred to as xie qin fang you (carrying a qin to visit a friend) is illustrated in a colour pullout in Mei no Shimitsu (Ming Blue and White) by Fujioka Ryoichi, Haibonsha series, 1975, no. 3.

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