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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A CARVED ‘CIZHOU’ JAR
MING DYNASTY
of baluster form rising from a gently ared foot to broad
rounded shoulders and a straight neck, the sides carved
through the light brown glaze to the bu body beneath, with a
composite oral scroll with each ower head enclosing a single
character forming the phrase Junzi ai cai (the gentleman loves
wealth), below a keyfret band around the shoulders and ruyi
lappets around the base
Height 7 in., 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 1988-2015
(on loan).
$ 3,000-5,000
㖶ġġġ䡩ⶆ䩘墸慱⇼剙ˬ⏃⫸ッ屉˭仸
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1050
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAINTED ‘CIZHOU’ JAR
MING DYNASTY
the ovoid body with four lug handles at the shoulder, applied
with a white slip and painted in dark-brown with stylized bird
motifs between double line borders
Height 12¾ in., 32.5 cm
$ 3,000-5,000
㖶ġġġ䡩ⶆ䩘䘥⛘湹剙⚃䷳仸
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