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The endearing shape of this jar is also extremely rare, but is similarly seen on
              ΝҖᜦԷd͵฽ӼԈdᗳԷ̙Ԉ଩ͣཊۜd                         monochrome ‘sweet-white’ jars with incised decoration, now all lacking their
              ུฮڀdͦۃהٝѩೌႊjਞϽɓԷdᔛ                          covers; one such piece, preserved in the Shanghai Museum, is published in
              ɪऎ௹ي᎜d፽௔׼ശdɪऎ௹ي᎜ᔛ                          Lu Minghua, Shanghai Bowuguan zangpin yanjiu daxi/Studies of the Shanghai
              ۜ޼Ӻɽӻ‘dɪऎd2007ϋdྡو4 12                      Museum Collections: A Series of Monographs. Mingdai guanyao ciqi [Ming
              €ྡ̬i͵ԈɓԷdਯॲߒᘽబˢ1985
                                                          imperial porcelain], Shanghai, 2007, pl. 4-12 (! g. 4); another was sold in these
              ϋ6˜4˚dᇜ໮1dߡ౉݆࢕ૄޜᔛiୋɧ
                                                          rooms, 4th June 1985, lot 1, from the J.M. Hu Family Collection; and a third jar of
              Էᔛ̨̏਷݂ͭࢗ௹ي৫d࢝׼˾ڋϋନ
                                                          this form in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, was included in the exhibition
              ኜत࢝ͦ፽‘d̨̏d1982ϋdᇜ໮55d
              ৣႊϾͪfνၯڡཊۜdϤᗳ଩ͣཊฮڀ                          Mingdai chunian ciqi tezhan mulu/Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Early Ming
              ᜦ͵ʱ੭ᖩʿೌᖩՇ၇iܝ٫̙ԈɓԷd                          Period Porcelain, Taipei, 1982, cat. no. 55, illustrated with a non-matching cover.
              ༱  Bo  GyllensvärddChinese  Ceramics       Like the ‘jadeite green’ jars, these white jars with incised design were also made
              in  the  Carl  Kempe  Collection‘d౶ᅃࡩဧ      in two similar versions, with and without lugs; for the latter see an example
              ᅙd1964ϋdྡو664f                              illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection,
              ͉ᜦʘҖdאਿ׵Ϙಂఖಒႊᜦd̋˸ᜊʷ                         Stockholm, 1964, pl. 664.
              ϾၚආfਞϽɓ҂˾ႊᜦԷdᘴψ㜺dᆀ੽                         The shape may be following earlier jars for chess pieces, although the
              ੀޜᔛdਯ࠰ಥᘽబˢ2017ϋ10˜3˚dᇜ
              ໮2dΝԈɓ޴ᗳЪԷdᘴψ㜺፲ѧ̈ɺdྡ                        proportions and form of the cover were much adjusted in the Yongle period; for
              1i̤ԈɓʩڡڀԷd࢝౻ᅃᕄ̈ɺʩ׼֜                        a Song (960-1279) example from the Yaozhou kilns compare the jar from the
              㜺ନኜ‘dفරᖵஔ᎜d̏ԯd1999ϋdᇜ                       Le Cong Tang collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd October 2017, lot 2,
              ໮1f                                         illustrated together with a companion piece from  the kiln site, ! g. 1; for a Yuan
                                                          (1279-1368) blue-and-white example see the exhibition catalogue Jingdezhen
                                                          chutu Yuan Ming guanyao ciqi [Yuan and Ming imperial porcelain excavated at
                                                          Jingdezhen], Yan-Huang Art Museum, Beijing, 1999, cat. no. 1.
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