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           ʩ   ڡ         AN IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY PAINTED BLUE AND
               ڀ         WHITE 'FISH' JAR, GUAN,
               ௡         YUAN DYNASTY

               ᘷ         the sturdily-potted baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a short straight neck with a lipped rim, superbly painted around the
               ७         body in vibrant cobalt blue with four fishes swimming in a pond amidst large blooming lotus flowers and various aquatic plants, the
               ɽ         lively scene detailed with two butterflies hovering above, the neck encircled with cresting waves painted with calligraphic precision, the
                         rounded shoulder with large peony blooms borne on a continuous leafy scroll, with the blooms alternating in frontal and profile views, all
               ᜦ         above stylised upright petals enclosing various precious emblems and flaming pearls, the broad foot ring and recessed base unglazed
                         w. 35.3 cm
                         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
                         A European private collection.                  ᆄݲӷɛϗᔛ
                         Christie’s London, 11th July 2006, lot 111 and back cover.   ࡐ౱Գɻ੻2006ϋ7˜11˚dᇜ໮111ʿ܆ֵ
                         Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2006.
                                                                         ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱d2006ϋ
                         EXHIBITED
                                                                         ࢝ᚎj
                         British Museum, London, on loan, 2012.
                                                                         ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d2012ϋ
                         LITERATURE
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                         Rosemary Scott, ‘A Magnificent and Rare 14th Century Fish
                         Jar’, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Including Export Art,   ᘽٓုd”A Magnificent and Rare 14th Century Fish Jar•d
                         Christie’s London, 2006, pp. 108-11.            ʕ਷ନኜʿʈᖵၚۜdࡐ౱Գɻ੻d2006ϋdࠫ108-11
                         Huo Jishu (Jessica Harrison-Hall), ‘Yuandai qinghua ci: Da Ying   ᎍΛૺd”ʩ˾ڡڀନjɽߵ௹ي᎜ၾɽၪᅃਿږึᔛۜ•dҽ
                         Bowuguan yu Daweide Jijinhui cang pin/Yuan Dynasty Blue-  ΀ፑഃdܑᔝग़ڕj2012ɪऎʩڡڀ਷ყኪஔ޼ীึሞ˖ණ‘
                         and-White: Collections and Collectors in the British Museum   dɪऎd2015ϋd՜1dࠫ389dྡ23
                         and Sir Percival David Collection’, in Li Zhongmou et al., Youlan   ੰጶёdEarly Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The
                         shencai. 2012 Shanghai Yuan qinghua guoji xueshu yantaohui   Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung‘d࠰ಥd2022ϋd
                         lunwenji/Splendors in Smalt. Art of Yuan Blue-and-white Porcelain   ᇜ໮8
                         Proceedings, Shanghai, 2015, vol. 1, p. 389, fig. 23.
                         Regina Krahl, Early Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The
                         Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, Hong Kong, 2022,
                         no. 8.

                         HK$ 20,000,000-25,000,000
                         US$ 2,550,000-3,190,000






























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