Page 40 - Nov. 27, 2019 Christie's Important Works of Art HK

is now in the Capital Museum, Beijing
(illustrated in Shoudu bowuguan cangci
xuan, Beijing, 1991, pl. 121). Another is in
the Hong Kong Museum of Art; a third,
which was formerly in the collections of
Charles Russell and Mrs. Ivy Clark, is now
in the British Museum, London (illustrated
by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the
British Museum, London, 2001, p. 238,
no. 9:50. Further similar jars are in the
collections of the Museum of Decorative
Arts, Copenhagen (illustrated by D. Lion-
Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, Fribourg,
1978, p. 134, no. 124); the Fengchengxian
Museum, Jiangxi province (illustrated in
Zhongguo wenwu jinghua da cidian, Shanghai,
1995, p. 393, no. 766); and the Idemitsu
Museum of Arts, Tokyo (illustrated in
Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection,
Tokyo, 1986, pl. 191. Smaller versions of
this jar type are also known.

The current jar is exceptional for its
size, the quality of the cobalt used in its
decoration, its condition, and the fact that
it has retained its lid. Most remarkable is
the fine quality its lively decoration. This
vessel also reflects an important aspect of
Chinese traditional culture, and particularly
the interests and preoccupations of the
Jiajing Emperor himself. fig. 8 Children Playing in the Garden by Jin Tingbiao (active 1757-1767).
Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
எݨ 㞖ᅡ᧐ Ƕ⨍ວ㶯ⳞஎǷ ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅
卻ᅹ㞑ై厍 卼厎औӬ׾ἃᮅ㇛⏥
㎒ఉ⥂ࢷ⁒㱦⻦卿எ㇦Ƕԋஇᙔ⁒⠢
ⵖഌ㗧ݱǷ㮰 ⤔⽚ 卻ӳᱡ厍
卼厎ែ՗߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦ՔⅧ⻦Ӭ׾卿
㖊ᙻǶ߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦ԋஇ≢଍Ⅷ⻦Ƿஎ
‸ 卻ែ՗厍 卼ǯ᫉ം卿Ⴁ⒖
༰׾ԋԮᝳӬᏼ଍௛㖅ཎ⎏㘆ַ⧉ǯ

ទᐽ৅㙁௛ᘹ┣Ǯ㬪ᙠӳԧ卿⩧ӻ৅
⏟Ӭ᱁卿㙄ࣥ⸌Ք໭ൃὍ⦷卿ᰵἃ㫙
ᇑӬ㇦⎏ݱ⻦Ԡהǯ⧉㕇ዂ൘ዂ⫅⎏
⡠㱈⡿❥卿ᝤᛓ㍯՞ᖿ❥㍵㐃ǯ᫉ം卿
໦㚍ᐂ㖊Իԋஇᙔࢇ⎏Ӭٖ۔⢴㇝
⡵卿Ԇ㵲→Իૃ㬬⎑Ⴝ⎏༳⧻ዪ㑪ࣿ
ሗⳉஙⳉԠԿǯ

38