A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Painted with cranes in flight amidst scattered flowering branches, ruyi-heads and flowers growing from rocks amongst breaking waves, the shoulders of each bulb with calligraphy written within evenly spaced roundels, supported on clouds, the base and waist with peach and peony branch meanders, the tapering neck with crisp overlapping plantain
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance

Previously sold at Christie's New York, 5 June 1986, lot 290
Greenwald Collection, no. 37

Literature

Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, Catalogue, no. 37

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Lot Essay

The upper bulb inscribed with four characters reading: Fengtiao Yushun, meaning 'seasonable weather'; whilst the lower bulb reads: Guotai Minan, 'May the State prosper and the people enjoy peace'.

Compare with similarly inscribed and decorated double-gourd vases: the first, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, p. 75, no. 75; formerly from the Barlow Collection, Sussex University, sold at Christie's New York, 2 December 1989, lot 290; and from the Toguri Museum collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 26.

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