AN UNUSUAL CHINESE PORCELAIN YELLOW GROUND AND IRON RED DECORATED 'DRAGON' JAR
bearing a six character Jiajing mark to the base, decorated with four panels of dragons chasing pearls and bands of ruyi to the shoulder and base, with a turned wood cover, 10cm high x 9cm diameter, in a fitted wooden box
Provenance: By repute acquired by the vendor's father at an antiques market, and subsequently by descent.
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£500 - £100
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£500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Note: This rare and unusual colour scheme is distinctive to the Jiajing period however the difficulty of the firing process has meant that there are few surviving examples. A comparable piece of a larger scale can be found in The British Museum, accession number 0719.48, and illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001. Another can be seen in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, and is illustrated in Complete Collections of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelain, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains.
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