Lot 216. A large blue and white jar, Ming dynasty, Jiajing-Wanli period (1522-1620); 45.8cm., 18in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2014.

heavily potted, the rounded sides rising to a short waisted neck and lipped rim, boldly painted to the exterior with a design of coiled chilong roundels interspersed with alternating peach, pomegranate, camelia, chrysanthemum, magnolia, peony and prunus roundels, with fruiting and flowering sprays repeated to the shoulder, the neck painted with a narrow band of cranes in flight amidst ruyi-form clouds and a lappet band at the foot

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Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London | 14 mai 2014