Page 54 - Bonhams May 11th 2017 London Fine Chinese Art

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品
Lots 141 - 142

141
A RARE INCISED WHITE-GLAZED ‘CRASHING WAVES’ JAR,
GUAN
Incised Jiajing six-character mark and of the period
Of ovoid form rising to high shoulders surmounted by a waisted neck
and slightly flared lipped rim, the main register incised with crashing
waves framed by double lines, between the shoulder with a band of
ruyi lappets, and a foliate lingzhi fungi scroll above the foot, the neck
similarly incised with crashing waves, the underside with the incised
mark within double circles, covered overall with white glaze, stopping
short of the foot ring.
28.8cm (11 3/8in) high

£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 170,000

明嘉靖 白釉刻海水紋罐
「大明嘉靖年製」楷書刻款

Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent

來源： 歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

The present lot is a rare example of Imperial incised white glazed wares
produced during the Jiajing period, with a number of extant examples
preserved in museum and important private collections. See a related
incised white glazed jar, incised Jiajing mark and of the period,
decorated with floral scrolls and waves, illustrated in Enlightening
Elegance: Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Ming, The Huaihaitang
Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pl.14; compare also with a related white
glazed jar, Jiajing, but unmarked, incised with dragons, illustrated by
J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001,
p.217, pl.9:2.

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