MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

A fahua jar with very similar subsidiary borders, but with a main band of the Eight Immortals around the sides, is illustrated by E. Gorer and J. F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelains and Hard Stones, vol. II, London, 1911, pl. 195. See, also, the fahua jar with a broad band of scholars in  a landscape similar to that on the present jar, and also with similar subsidiary bands, from the Ira and Nancy Koger Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2006, lot 238.