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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER
JAR
Late Ming Dynasty
The rounded body rising from a flaring foot,
decorated with four panels of gentlemen and
scholars in riverside gardens and mountainous
landscapes on a ground of scrolling flowers
and foliage and smaller landscape panels, the
foot with scattered blossoms and waves.
35cm (13.3/4in) high.

£5,000 - 7,000
CNY44,000 - 62,000
HK$48,000 - 68,000

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SONG OF
ETERNAL REGRET’ BOWL
Yutang Jiaqi four-character mark, 17th century
Finely painted in bold washes of cobalt
blue with the scene of Emperor Xuanzong
surrounded by Daoist magicians, one of
whom is raising his wand before the Goddess 19
of the moon, Chang E, the deity elegantly
portrayed with her attendants in a pavilion and
surrounded by wispy clouds, the interior with
a landscape roundel.
35cm (13.3/4in) diam.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
HK$19,000 - 29,000
The scene on the present lot is thought to be
inspired by the famous Tang poem by Bo Juyi,
‘The Song of Eternal Regret’, which depicts
the ill-fated Emperor Xuanzong searching
for his beloved consort, Yang Guifei. She
had been murdered by the Emperor’s own
bodyguard who blamed her for the events
leading to the An Lushan rebellion.

In the poem, the Emperor eventually reunited
with his lover on an Immortal’s island in the
Eastern Sea, but this location had transferred
to the Guan Han Palace on the moon by the
17th century, also depicted in a woodblock-
illustrated book entitled Dabei duizong, a
collection of stories and legends published in
Jianyang, Fujian, in 1600.

For a similar bowl bearing the yu tang jia qi
mark, but decorated with the Eight Immortals,
see Christie’s New York, 17th Century Chinese 20
Porcelains from the Collection of Julia and
John Curtis, 16 March 2015, lot 3559.

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