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Lot Essay
The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark.
The design on the current jar is inspired by Chenghua prototypes. A Chenghua jar of this design is illustrated together with a Kangxi version by Geng Baochang in, Ming Qing ciqi jianding (Appraisal of Ming and Qing porcelains), Hong Kong, 1993, col. pls. 37 and 38. Another Chenghua jar from the Percival David Foundation now housed at the British Museum, London, is published together with a Qing dynasty jar from the Palace Museum, Taipei, by Yeh Pei-lang, Beauty of Ceramics: Gems of the doucai, Taipei, 1993, nos. 135 and 136. Compare to a similar jar (13 cm.), sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Au Bak Ling Collection Volume II, 30 October 2025, lot 921 (fig.1).
The design on the current jar is inspired by Chenghua prototypes. A Chenghua jar of this design is illustrated together with a Kangxi version by Geng Baochang in, Ming Qing ciqi jianding (Appraisal of Ming and Qing porcelains), Hong Kong, 1993, col. pls. 37 and 38. Another Chenghua jar from the Percival David Foundation now housed at the British Museum, London, is published together with a Qing dynasty jar from the Palace Museum, Taipei, by Yeh Pei-lang, Beauty of Ceramics: Gems of the doucai, Taipei, 1993, nos. 135 and 136. Compare to a similar jar (13 cm.), sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Au Bak Ling Collection Volume II, 30 October 2025, lot 921 (fig.1).