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A LARGE WUCAI BALUSTER JAR AND COVER The scene on the present vase, with a central figure of a lady with
Shunzhi long sleeves flanked by attendants, appears on large wucai jars and
Decorated with a lady in a long sleeved robe, her arms outstretched, covers, as well as sleeve vases, produced in the Shunzhi period.
amongst male and female attendants, bearing large fans, carrying See a pair of sleeve vases in the San Antonio Museum, Texas, gift of
vessels and wrapped qin, all in a lush pavilion garden setting, the Lenora and Walter F. Brown, illustrated by John Johnston in Chinese
cover and neck with large, leafy peony sprays and blue rockwork. Ceramics: The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection at the San
48cm (19in) high (2). Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, 2014, p. 112, no. 67, where
the scene is identified as from The Romance of the Lute, written by
£15,000 - 20,000 Sun You in the late Ming dynasty.

HK$130,000 - 170,000 Compare a related wucai jar, Transitional Period, illustrated by
CNY120,000 - 150,000 C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum,
London, 1997, no.75, p.84, and a jar illustrated by M.A.Pinto and
J.P.Desroches, Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of
Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon, 1996, no.86, pp.170-171.

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