Sold Ceramics - Sold Blue and White Ming wares 1368-1644

Object 201072

Jar

China

1522-1566

Height 33 mm (1.29 inch), diameter of rim 178 mm (7.01 inch), diameter of footring 100 mm (3.94 inch)

Jar on footring, cylindrical body tappering into a wide upright, cylindrical, neck. Decorated in underglaze blue with a Buddhistic lions with sprays of looped bows and scrolls of flowering plants. On the shoulder a ruyi-pattern border. Some kiln-grit adhering to the footring.

For a set of identically decorated jars, please see:

The Hodroff Collection, Part II, auction catalogue Christie’s New York, 23th of January 2008, sale 1958, pp.14-15, lot 244.

Condition: A chip to the exterior footring.

Reference:

New York 2008, lot 244

Price: Sold.