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A DOUCAI ‘LOTUS AND This type of doucai ‘lotus and chrysanthemum’ another pair is published in Min Shin no bijutsu
CHRYSANTHEMUM’ JAR AND COVER jar is believed to be modeled after Chenghua [Ming and Qing Art], Tokyo, 1982, pl. 170; and
prototypes. No exact Chenghua original a single jar and cover in the National Palace
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
appears to be recorded, however the design is Museum, Taipei, is included in Catalogue of
the ovoid body swelling from a tapered foot to well-known from Chenghua bowls; see a doucai Ch’ing Dynasty Porcelain, vol. 2, Tokyo, 1981, pl.
a rounded shoulder beneath an upright rim, bowl excavated from the waste heaps of the 24. A jar of this type, without the cover, sold in
the sides painted in soft-toned underglaze- Ming imperial kilns at Jingdezhen included in these rooms, 11th-12th September 2012, lot 40;
blue and overglaze enamels with two registers the exhibition A Legacy of Chenghua, The Tsui a pair of jars and covers sold at Christie’s Hong
of alternating scrolling lotus sprays and Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1993, cat. no. Kong, 27th November 2013, lot 3209; a single
roundels enclosing pairs of red and yellow C119. Compare also a Chenghua jar and cover jar and cover sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
chrysanthemum blossoms against leafy green with a related design in the Palace Museum, 7th April 2015, lot 3713; and another sold at
grounds, all between bands of underglaze- Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji. Christie’s London, 15th May 2018, lot 192.
blue ruyi-heads centered with a small dot of Gongyi meishu bian: Taoci [Complete series on
enamel in alternating red and yellow tones, the Chinese art. Arts and crafts section: Ceramics], $ 30,000-50,000
cover centered with a similar chrysanthemum Shanghai, 1988-91, vol. 3, pl. 96. 㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ櫍⼑䔒咖⛀卲䲳味仸
medallion and with leafy stems of blossoming A pair of similar doucai jars and covers from the
yellow lotus around the sides, the base with a Qianlong period is illustrated in Tianjin shi yishu ˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2) bowuguan cang ci / Porcelains from the Tianjin
Height 4½ in., 11.4 cm Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 177;

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