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THE PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST COLLECTOR
1131
A MASSIVE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER JAR AND
COVER
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase is decorated with a continuous scene of courtiers hunting
in a rocky landscape, with a nobleman riding alongside a lady
wearing sumptuous yellow robes, and a man spearing a tiger, while
others equipped with spears or bows and arrows on horseback
pursue and encircle a deer. The domed cover is similarly decorated
with a scene of hunters.
32Ω in. (82.6 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE
Property of a New Orleans Family; Sotheby’s New York,
17 September 2003, lot 113.
This fnely decorated jar and cover is distinguished by its
impressively large size and the dynamic scene of male and
female hunters on horseback. It is also noteworthy for having
the scenes fll the entire surface of the jar and cover, rather than
being framed within decorative borders at the rims and the
base. Compare the slightly smaller famille rose jar and cover
(31Ω in.), dating to the Qianlong period, depicting the legendary
female general Mu Guiying breaking the Heaven Gate Formation,
formerly in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and sold
at Christie’s New York, Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics
from The Metropolitan Museum, 15 September 2016, lot 952. See,
also, a pair of smaller Yongzheng-Qianlong period jars and covers
(24Ω in. high) depicting the Yang Lady Generals, sold at Christie’s
New York, 25 January 2011, lot 98.
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