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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION aubergine, yellow, and cream glazes applied to the gural and
ornamental features, the faces reserved in unglazed biscuit,
A MOLDED AND RETICULATED FAHUA JAR the interior and base glazed grass-green
MING DYNASTY Height 13½ in., 34.3 cm
of baluster form, the openwork outer layer carved with the A very similar jar in the collection of George Eumorfopoulos is
Eight Immortals paying court to Shoulao, the God of Longevity, illustrated in R. L. Hobson and A. L. Hetherington, The Art of
amid pines, clouds, cranes, and other auspicious animals, all the Chinese Potter: An Illustrated Survey, London, revised ed.,
between a band of upright lappets with inverted lotus buds New York, 1982, pl. 111.
on the foot and an openwork peony scroll along the shoulder,
a narrow band of petals beneath detached clouds on the $ 20,000-30,000
short neck, the exterior glazed principally in turquoise with
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