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A VERY RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ᒞڊ̪ˡ☹˯ᕪ 㤎⩈ᒰ㧱ྵ჎ॲ૰➭
‘FIGURES IN WINDSWEPT LANDSCAPE’ JAR
MING DYNASTY, MID-15TH CENTURY Ϝᬜ
The heavily potted jar is painted in vibrant tones of cobalt blue ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
with two lively scenes, depicting three scholar-officials on 㲞ᳰ㚥Ẃᙱ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
horseback accompanied by attendants on foot on one side, the
᫉⧉⡠㱈ᓼ⥾৿ջ㉼՞້㚽Ƕ⎈☑ᇌǷ㉼ԋ卿Ǹᛌ㰍ᇑዪ㲬㓯⋲卿Ӭᚚ
other side with a scholar seated in an architectural complex
⏭⏌㧩໫Ɽǹओዪ卿㿽⊺೥՞⎈☑ࣿ✄ᇌᜩሐ⬍⮩Ԡካᜀǯजᬘ㖅ᙇ։
immersed in deep thought, all set in a landscape set amongst
⥾᫉⡠㱈Ԡ㬪Ɽ⧉ຽ卿Ӭ։ⶬ㢙ᙻ ჺែ՗߅‸Ƕӽ⊤㪃┵ݥ㫀Ƿ卿
trees, rocks and swirling clouds. The shoulder is decorated with
ݺ卿எ ⽚厎Ӭ։ἃⶃ㞓⧻ワ㱦⯠⻦卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ
clusters of lotus and waterweed below a diamond band around
೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎Ӭ։ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ
the neck. The foot is decorated with a band of upright plantain
৅ ⽚ǯ
leaves above a classic scroll. The recessed base is unglazed.
14 in. (36 cm.) high ऱ᧙Ԗ㯪⡠㱈Ք߅→ᙻऱឆᢐ≡ӳ卿ൈヹ䁗Ⅷ⻦Ӭ։卿 ჺ ᝲ
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000 ᚚᙻӳᱡצ೥ᇑǶӶ኶Ƿཿ㈇ԋཿ߅卿எ㢙எ‸ ⽚厎 ჺᅓ㇛ᡤ
៣ౕྒྷ㬬ᮅ໫⪹ℳប⣌ᏺತՔ߅கऱ㯸৅♎卿ᗌ⪐༾ᚸݎ⊂Ⓔ♾卿㊘ἃ
PROVENANCE ᛓ໿ᇪᛮឆߪ᫈⢴᚝ឆ⊐⎑།㈳ㅳ卿⊇ᙻ㐃㐁⻼ℳ⎏ᇙ⚨଍卻㇦Ƕᚺ᳖
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 June 1989, lot 211 ≢଍㦷໸Ƿ 㮰卼ǯ
Sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2009, lot 319
The present jar belongs to a group of large blue and white jars
and meiping dating to the mid-15th century, sometimes known as
‘interregnum period’, depicting figures in landscapes and garden
settings in the so-called ‘windswept style’, featuring billowing clouds
and blown trees. Compare with a similar scene on a jar illustrated in
Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan, 1976, vol. 14, pl. 35; a similar jar from
the Manno Art Museum, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 October
2002, lot 532; and another jar with a similar scene sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 7 July 2003, lot 659.
Compare also to a meiping with a similar scene, exhibited at No Doubts,
Christie’s Shanghai, 6-19 December 2014, catalogue no. 20.

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