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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTOR
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE
‘CRANE’ DISH
JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD
sturdily potted, the rounded sides rising from a
tapered foot, the interior painted in inky cobalt
tones with a large central medallion enclosing
six cranes soaring amidst cloud scrolls, with
long straight legs artfully counterbalancing
their S-curved necks and articulated plumage,
the motif repeated around the exterior, line
borders encircling the medallion, rim, and foot,
the horizontal six character reign mark in a
rectangular cartouche at the exterior rim, the
base unglazed
Diameter 23⅜ in., 59.4 cm
A dish of this type with a Jiajing reign mark is
illustrated in Leopold Reidemeister and J. Hellner,
Ming-Porzellane in Schwedischen Sammlungen,
Berlin, 1935, pl. 18b. A slightly smaller version
of the dish, also marked, sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 27th April 1993, lot 44.
$ 15,000-25,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY AND
PEACOCK’ JAR
MING DYNASTY, JIAJING PERIOD
the elegant broad shouldered body rising from a
spreading recessed base to a short waisted neck
with a lipped rim, painted around the exterior in
rich dark cobalt-blue tones with a broad band
of peacocks in ! ight over leafy scrolling peony,
all between upright lappet and ruyi bands at the
base and shoulder and a crane and ruyi cloud
band at the neck
Height 13½ in., 34.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Italian Private Collection.
Sotheby’s London, 6th November 2013, lot 91.
$ 8,000-12,000
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