A large chizhou painted jar, early Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Tietoa ostamisesta
Lisätietoja ja kuntoraportit
Heavily potted, the body with rounded sides tapering towards a narrow splayed foot, the wide mouth with a short neck and lipped rim, freely painted in dark iron-brown on a creamy-white ground with a large cartouche enclosing an elegant figure with an attendant in a landscape, all between concentric and wavy lines, flowers an stylized patterns. The back of the vase with two rabbits, the base left unglazed revealing the buff-colored body. Height 38 cm.
Restoration to rim.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Property of a private Swedish collector and member of the Oriental Ceramics Society.
Purchased at Stockholms Auktionsverk.
Näyttelyt
Compare a vase in the Collection of Metropolitan Museum, New York, Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 Object Number: 17.120.157. Compare also. Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, 1926. Object Number: 26.292.55.
Compare vase of this type sold at Sothebys, lot no 263. Important Chinese Art 16 March 2016 New York.