Lot 235. A blue and white jar, Jiajing Mark and Period (1522-1566); Height 10 1/8 in., 25.6 cm. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD. Lot sold 31,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a tapering neck, painted in vibrant tones around the shoulders with linked ruyi-heads suspending beaded tassels hanging stylized lotus sprays alternating with the 'Eight Treasures', all above flying horses galloping among breaking waves and stylized cloud lappets, the neck encircled with a leafy floral scroll, six-character mark in underglaze blue. 

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 16th-17th January 1989, lot 595.

Litterature: Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1984, p. 128.

Note: A vase of this pattern is illustrated in Selected Masterpieces from the Collection of the Nezu Art Museum, 1968, no. 310; another in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum Collection: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 112, no. 102, and another was sold Christie's Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 3730.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM