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A RARE FAHUA JAR, GUAN
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The robustly potted vessel is decorated in relief with The Eight
Immortals separated by monster masks and beaded roundels
suspending various auspicious emblems, all below geese and forets on
the shoulder and above a band of stylized lotus lappets above the foot.
The relief decoration is reserved on a mottled dark blue ground.
14Ω in. (36.8 cm.) diam.

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE
Mrs. Howell H. Howard Collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1962.
明 琺華八仙過海圖罐

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