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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 514

A SMALL AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'BOYS' JAR, JIAJING MARK AND PE RIOD
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD

A SMALL AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'BOYS' JAR
JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD
明嘉靖 青花嬰戲圖小罐 《大明嘉靖年造》款

the compressed baluster body painted with a continuous scene of boys at play within a landscape of pierced rockwork and plants,
the boys arranged in pairs and engaged in various games, all above a band of ruyi encircling the foot, with a cloud scroll at the
shoulder below double-line borders at the neck, the base inscribed with the reign mark arranged in a circle

Height 4½ in., 11.2 cm

Provenance
Collection of Alfred (1873-1950) and Ivy (c.1890-1976) Clark.
Sotheby's London, 24th March 1953, lot 20.
John Sparks Ltd., London.
Collection of Irene Dreyfus.
John Sparks Ltd., London, 20th October 1965.

來源
Alfred (1873-1950) 及 Ivy (约1890-1976) Clark 伉儷收藏
倫敦蘇富比1953年3月24日，編號20
John Sparks Ltd.，倫敦
Irene Dreyfus 收藏

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