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7248 Property from a California
collector
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A blue and white porcelain
storage jar, guan
16th/17th century
Of elongated ovoid form, its thick walls
painted in bright cobalt hues with floral
cartouches and clouds at the waisted neck,
cranes in clouds along the rounded shoulder
and a continuous garden setting around
the body peopled with two boys playing a
board game observed by a seated scholar
and standing scholar nearby summoning his
young attendant, all above an overlapping
flower petal band along the flared rim, the
celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces
except the wide foot pad and recessed base.
15 3/4in (40cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000