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3186 䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿炻1983⸜11㚰30㖍炻㉵⑩83嘇

A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE ‘SCHOLARS’ JAR 㬌仸偶岒䳘䘥炻 慱⃱Ṗ渿炻曺剙䘤刚㶉晭炻丒桐㝼␴䳘兑炻
㈧多ㆸ⊾桐㟤炻ᷫ▱曾㖑㛇ᷳ‹ἄˤ℞ᶲ㍷丒ᷳṢ䈑⚾炻⇯庫
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A 層役▱曾㛅䒟☐ᷕⷠ夳䘬䲳梦ˤ⊿Ṕ㓭⭖⌂䈑昊啷ᶨẞ忈⼊ˣ
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566) 偶岒⍲曺剙䘤刚⛯䚠Ụ䘬▱曾㫦仸炻丒欂咖䲳炻夳㓭⭖⌂䈑昊
㔯䈑䍵⑩ℐ普˪曺剙慱塷䲭 炷ᷕ炸˫炻楁㷗炻2000⸜炻⚾䇰
The jar is well potted with a tapering baluster body rising to a 103嘇ˤᶲ㴟⌂䈑棐⎎啷ᶨẞ▱曾㫦曺剙ℓ⌎䲳仸炻忈⼊⍲䘤
short straight neck. The exterior is finely painted in cobalt blue to 刚⎴㧋䚠Ụ炻夳2007⸜ᶲ㴟↢䇰˪㖶ẋ⭀䩗䒟☐˫炻
depict scholars and dignitaries accompanied by their attendants ⚾4-24嘇ˤ
engaging in scholarly pursuits, including calligraphy and playing
weiqi, all set within a continuous garden scene amongst spreading
pine trees and a fenced terrace.
4 ‰ in. (12.5 cm.) high

HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-200,000

PROVENANCE

Sold at Christie’s New York, 30 November 1983, lot 83

This very rare jar, delicately painted in soft blue tones, belongs to
a group of very fine porcelain made during the early Jiajing period,
characterised by their refined body and pale inky-blue decorations,
reminiscent of the porcelain wares from the earlier Chenghua reign.
The depiction of a figural scene on this current jar, however, represents
the emergence of new themes commonly found amongst Jiajing-
period wares. Compare to a Jiajing-marked blue and white jar of
similar form and painted in similar tones of cobalt blue with fish and
lotus motifs, in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in
Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000,
pl. 103. Another Jiajing-marked jar, also of similar form and tones of
blue, decorated with the Eight Trigrams, is in the Shanghai Museum
Collection, illustrated in Mingdai guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2007,
pl. 4-24.

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