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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE PRIVATE 明 琺華鏤雕八仙過海圖罐
COLLECTION
A MOULDED AND RETICULATED FAHUA JAR
MING DYNASTY 展覽：
of baluster form, the openwork outer layer depicting the Eight 《瓷華明彩：イセコレクションの名陶》，五島美術
Immortals carrying various attributes amidst ruyi clouds and 館，東京，2015年，編號10
craggy rockwork, between a band of chrysanthemum blooms
on the shoulder and a border of petal lappets encircling the
foot, all below a collar of ruyi clouds on the neck, Japanese
wood box
36.5 cm, 14⅜ in.
EXHIBITED
Imperial Colors: Peerless Chinese Porcelains from the Ise
Collection,The Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, 2015, cat. no. 10.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 65,000-90,500

It is rare to find a fahua jar with such a successful combination
of reticulation and moulded decoration. The vivid scene of
the Eight Immortals is skilfully rendered against a brilliant
turquoise and cobalt-blue background. A fahua meiping with
similar texture of decoration, but depicting an immortal and
acolyte in the British Museum collection is illustrated in Jessica
Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London,
2001, pl. 13:9. See also a closely related jar in the collection
of George Eumorfopoulos illustrated in R.L. Hobson and A.L.
Hetherington, The Art of the Chinese Potter: An Illustrated
Survey, London, revised ed., New York, 1982, pl. 111.

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