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A LARGE FAHUA JAR AND COVER, GUAN
Early 16th century
Boldly decorated in relief on a dark purple-blue ground with one
trailed-slip standing crested mythical crane and another with head
lowered between its long legs, divided by large double sprays of peony
in profile around an upright Lake Tai garden rock, the details boldly
glazed in mustard-yellow, turquoise and aubergine, the original domed
cover with two horizontal leafy sprays of fruit beneath a knop finial.
43cm (17in) high. (2).
£30,000 - 40,000
CNY260,000 - 350,000
十六世紀初 法華釉牡丹鳳凰紋蓋罐
Compare with a related fahua globular jar, 15th century, decorated
with birds perched on floral branches, in the Ataka collection, Osaka,
illustrated in The Beauty of Asian Ceramics – from the Collection of the
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Osaka, 2014, pp.88-89, no.55.
A related large fahua jar decorated with peacocks and peonies,
16th century, was sold at Sotheby’s London on 15 May 2013, lot 120.
94 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
