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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘AUSPICIOUS A COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ‘DEER
CHARACTERS’ JAR AND LINGZHI’ MEIPING
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue Height 8½ in., 21.5 cm
Height 8⅝ in., 21.9 cm
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Collection of Alfred Schoenlicht (d. 1955), by 1929.
Collection of T.T. Tsui (1940-2010). Sotheby’s London, 13th December 1955, lot 121.
Orientique, Hong Kong, 2nd July 2010. Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
Collection of Wilfrid Ariel Evill (1890-1963).
Jiajing mark and period jars with this distinctive Daoist- Sotheby’s London, 30th November 1965, lot 71.
inspired decoration are relatively rare. See a closely related Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
pair, previously in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark Nystad Oude Kunst, The Hague.
and included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Marchant, London.
Ming Blue and White, London, 1946, cat. no. 71, sold in our
London rooms, 7th June 1993, lot 49; another jar, previously EXHIBITED
in the collection of H. Treitel, was included in Ausstellung Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst [Exhibition of Chinese Art],
Chinesischer Kunst [Exhibition of Chinese Art], Berlin, 1929, Berlin, 1929, cat. no. 815.
cat. no. 712.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, prior to 1955 (on loan).
$ 8,000-12,000
$ 8,000-12,000
明嘉靖 青花福壽康寧紋罐 清康熙 青花釉裡紅壽録長春紋梅瓶
《大明嘉靖年製》款
來源
來源 Alfred Schoenlicht (1955年逝) 收藏，於1929年已入藏
徐展堂 (1940-2010) 收藏 倫敦蘇富比1955年12月13日， 編號121
古慶堂，香港，2010年7月2日 Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦
Wilfrid Ariel Evill (1890-1963) 收藏
倫敦蘇富比1965年11月30日，編號71
Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦
Nystad Oude Kunst，海牙
馬錢特，倫敦
展覽
《Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst》，柏林，1929年，
編號815
波士頓美術館，波士頓，1955年之前（借展）

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