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The endearing shape of this jar is also extremely rare, but is similarly seen on
ΝҖᜦԷd͵ӼԈdᗳԷ̙Ԉͣཊۜd 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௹يdശdɪऎ௹يᔛ Lu Minghua, Shanghai Bowuguan zangpin yanjiu daxi/Studies of the Shanghai
ۜӺɽӻdɪऎd2007ϋdྡو4 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˚dᇜ1dߡ݆ૄޜᔛiୋɧ
rooms, 4th June 1985, lot 1, from the J.M. Hu Family Collection; and a third jar of
Էᔛ̨݂̏ͭ௹ي৫d࢝˾ڋϋନ
this form in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, was included in the exhibition
ኜत࢝ͦd̨̏d1982ϋdᇜ55d
ৣႊϾͪfνၯڡཊۜdϤᗳͣཊฮڀ 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 GyllensvärddChinese Ceramics Like the ‘jadeite green’ jars, these white jars with incised design were also made
in the Carl Kempe Collectiondᅃࡩဧ 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,
͉ᜦʘҖdאਿϘಂఖಒႊᜦd̋˸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
2dΝԈɓᗳЪԷdᘴψ㜺፲ѧ̈ɺdྡ proportions and form of the cover were much adjusted in the Yongle period; for
1i̤ԈɓʩڡڀԷd࢝౻ᅃᕄ̈ɺʩ֜ a Song (960-1279) example from the Yaozhou kilns compare the jar from the
㜺ନኜdفරᖵஔd̏ԯd1999ϋdᇜ 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.