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A SUPERB BLUE AND WHITE ‘PRUNUS’ GINGER JAR 來源：
Kangxi Walter Sachs 夫人贈，1964 年
Of ovoid shape, finely painted with clustered groups of prunus 大都會藝術博物館，1964 年迄今
blossoms floating on a deep ultramarine-blue ‘cracked ice’ ground
below a narrow band of chevron at the shoulder, and an unglazed The present lot, known by the conventional term ‘ginger jar’ is a typical
shoulder edge and sloping cylindrical neck, a biscuit foot ring and a example of Kangxi period blue and white porcelain, and was extremely
glazed slightly convex base. popular in Europe in the 19th century. See a similar blue and white
8 3/4in (22.2cm) high ‘prunus’ ginger jar and cover, Kangxi period, in the Victoria & Albert
Museum, London, accessioned in 1886 from James Orrock (acc.no.
$6,000 - 8,000 274&A-1886). Another two similar blue and white ‘prunus’ ginger jars
and covers, also from the Kangxi period, are illustrated in A. du Boulay,
清康熙 青花冰梅紋罐 The Taft Museum: Its History and Collections, Vol. II, New York, 1995,
pp.578-579.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Compare a similar Kangxi blue and white ‘prunus’ ginger jar and cover
Provenance: sold at Sotheby’s New York, 15 September 2018, lot 1102.
Gift of Mrs. Walter Sachs, 1964
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-present

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