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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
†128
A ‘PORTUGUESE MARKET’ BLUE AND WHITE LOBED
JAR
WANLI-TIANQI PERIOD (1573-1627)
The jar is modelled with three relief-mask handles above grape
vines between lotus, prunus and camellia fower sprays.
4√ in. (12.5 cm.) high
£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,000
€3,800-6,300
A comparable lobed jar in the British Museum is illustrated in Ming
Ceramics in the British Museum, Jessica Harrison-Hall, no. 12:61,
p 376. The author notes that these jars with Christian-inspired
motifs such as the cherub masks were made for Portuguese
Jesuits.
明萬曆/天啟 青花花卉紋小瓶
128
(mark)
129
A BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR CRICKET-BOX
AND COVER
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The box is openworked on both long sides with fve small apertures.
It is decorated on the exterior with scrolling fruit-bearing branches.
2¡ in. (5.9 cm.) wide
£1,500-2,500 $2,200-3,500
€1,900-3,200
明嘉靖 青花花卉紋蓋盒 六字楷書款
129
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