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14 novembre 2013

An extremely rare blue and white 'dragon and bajixiang' jarlet and cover, Wanli six-character mark and of the period

 

An extremely rare blue and white 'dragon and bajixiang' jarlet and cover, Wanli six-character mark and of the period (1573-1619)

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Lot 219. An extremely rare blue and white 'dragon and bajixiang' jarlet and cover, Wanli six-character mark and of the period (1573-1619); 7.6cm diam. (2). Estimate HK$ 1.5 million - 1.8 million (€140,000 - 170,000)Sold for HK$ 1,960,000 (€ 206,748). Photo courtesy Bonhams.

Well potted in the form of a wide guan with concave circular foot rising to high and prominent shoulders ending in a short mouthrim, the exterior decorated with four dragon medallions in flight amidst cloud scrolls, interspersed between eight auspicious emblems and beneath a band of downward leaf lappets at the neck, surmounted by a cover ending in a peach-shaped knop encircled by further leaf lappet borders, the base with a six-character Imperial kaishu mark within double circles in underglaze-blue. 

Note: The current lot is an extremely rare Imperial example with six-character mark. The jarlet is unique in its small size and preserved with its original cover; which is rare even in museum and private collections around the world. It is also uncommon to find such unconventional decorative motifs implemented on the exterior, including the eight auspicious emblems. Rather than depicting the usual scrolling dragons in flight design, the dragons are depicted within four medallions as well. 

See a comparable and similar-sized small blue and white 'dragon' jarlet without cover and also with Wanli six-character mark in the Songde Tang collection, exhibited at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong (14 October 2009-28 February 2010), illustrated in The Fame of Flame. Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, Hong Kong, 2009, pp.160-161, no.51. See also another related example blue and white 'dragon' jarlet (without cover) sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 229.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong. 24 Nov 2013

 

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