A blue and white jar and cover
Circa 1640
The thickly potted jar with bulbous sides and a short straight neck painted in underglaze blue with scattered floral sprigs and blossoming boughs beneath a band of stiff pendant lappets, the slightly domed cover with a lotus spray and insect.
28cm (11in) high.
The thickly potted jar with bulbous sides and a short straight neck painted in underglaze blue with scattered floral sprigs and blossoming boughs beneath a band of stiff pendant lappets, the slightly domed cover with a lotus spray and insect.
28cm (11in) high.
Sold for
£2,875
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, The Hatcher Collection, 14 March 1984, possibly lot 164 to 169
Ove Stenbeck Collection, no.B.16
Exhibited: Den Befriade Penseln. 300 År av Kinesiskt Porslin och Konsthantverk. Collection Stenbeck, Heinola, Finland, 4 June - 3 September 2000
Pairs of very similar Hatcher porcelain jars were sold in these rooms 11 November 2011, lot 289 and at Christie's New York, 23-24 January 2002, lot 31 and 21 January 2003, lot 274.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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