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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
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A MASSIVE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ JAR, GUAN The shoulders of the present lot are decorated with the yingluo (瓔
Jiajing six-character mark and of the period 珞) pattern. The yingluo pattern derives from the jewellery of stringed
Heavily potted, the ovoid body painted in vibrant cobalt-blue around pearls and ornaments worn around the neck, chest, wrist or ankles
the shoulders with jewelled strings suspending stylised chimes, above by the Indian aristocracy and commonly seen on Buddhist sculpture.
a continuous scene of lotus blossoms borne on an undulating scroll It was a particularly popular design on ceramics from the mid to late
issuing curling leaves, all above a band of upright lotus leaves. Ming dynasty.
50.8cm (20in) high
It is rare for such large jars from the Jiajing period to have survived.
£20,000 - 30,000 However, a jar of similar size and near identical design, Jiajing mark
CNY180,000 - 270,000 and of the period, belonged to the Safavid Shahs of Persia and was
housed in the Ardebil Shrine; see J.A.Pope, Chinese Porcelains from
明嘉靖 青花瓔珞番蓮紋大罐 the Ardebil Shrine, London, 1981, pl.79. See another very similar
jar with the same motif, Jiajing mark and of the period, illustrated in
青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款 Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl.702.

Provenance: a British private collection, and thence by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

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