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A RARE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE JAR
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
IN A CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The jar is decorated with a continuous scene of court ladies
at leisurely pursuits, accompanied by female attendants in a
garden setting.
4º in. (10.8 cm.) diam., reticulated silver cover, Japanese wood box

$30,000-50,000
A blue and white jar of similar size and shape, also unusually
inscribed with the Jiajing six-character mark in a circle on the
base, is illustrated in Lu Minghua, Qingdai qinghua ciqi jianshang,
Shanghai, 1996, p. 45 no. 1-54. For another example of a
Jiajing circular-marked vessel, but decorated with dragons, see
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2016, lot 3718.

明嘉靖 青花通景仕女圖罐 單圈六字楷書款

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A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD 'LOTUS' VASE
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN
A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Both the upper and lower bulbs are decorated with broad bands of 843
lotus scroll between decorative borders.
9º in. (23.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

$20,000-30,000
Compare the slightly smaller Jiajing-marked vase with similar
style of decoration and identical leaf tips at the shoulder and
petal band encircling the base, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 35 - Blue and
White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000,
p. 92, no. 86. See, also, the similar Jiajing-marked vase in the
Percival David Foundation, but lacking the scroll border above the
foot, illustrated by M. Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze
Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains, London, 1976, section
3, pl. VII, no. A655.

明嘉靖 青花纏枝蓮紋葫蘆瓶 單行六字楷書款

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