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ANOTHER PROPERTY A similar reticulated fahua jar, applied with a scene of horsemen and
attendants within a fantastical landscape closely related to the present lot,
1179 but with a wider neck and high foot ring, is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall in
A RARE HEAVILY-POTTED RETICULATED FAHUA JAR Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no. 13:22. The author
notes that this type of fahua ware, made from beige stoneware fred at low
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) temperatures, was made in Shanxi province, in contrast to high-fred white
The pierced outer walls are carved and applied with two equestrian fgures porcelain fahua pieces made in Jiangxi province. She also notes that a jar
and other soldiers against a backdrop of rocks and willow trees, between a almost identical to the British Museum example was excavated from a
rock-ledge fange below and a cloud collar and band of bosses above, all in Ming tomb in the eastern suburbs of Luojiazhuang, Changzhi City, Shanxi
blue, turquoise, cream and yellow glaze. province, and is now in the Changzhi City Museum.
14º in. (36.2 cm.) high
明 琺華人物故事圖罐
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

The Cleveland Museum of Art; Christie’s New York, 2-3 December 2003, lot
175.