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31 décembre 2017

A large blue and white oviform jar, Transitional period, circa 1640

A large blue and white oviform jar, Transitional period, circa 1640

Lot 1. A large blue and white oviform jar, Transitional period, circa 1640; 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) high. Estimate £6,000 – £10,000 ($9,582 – $15,970). Price Realized  £9,375 ($14,972)© Christie’s Image Ltd 2014

The jar is decorated to the exterior in varying shades of cobalt blue with a continuous scene from Sanguo Yanyi, ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’, between two bands of incised floral designs. The neck is painted with a band of stiff leaves. 

Provenance: Sold at Christie’s London, 2 November 1987, lot 230

Christie’s. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES PART I, 4 November 2014, London, South Kensington

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