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Jar, porcelain painted in red and green enamels; China, Ming dynasty, Zhengde mark and period (1506-21). Height: 17.5cm. Base length: 10.2cm. Base width: 8.2cm. Acc. No FE.20-1983. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A basically rectangular jar with chamfered corners, giving an octagonal cross section. There is a raised rim. There is a prominent ridge round the middle of the body where the top and bottom halves are luted together. The body is decorated predominately in red and green enamels. There are four main registers of... [Lire la suite]

Jar, porcelain with incised designs painted in coloured glazes, China, Ming dynasty, Zhengde mark and period (1506-1521). Height: 17.1cm; Diameter: 18.4cm. Acc. No C.274-1910. Victoria and Albert Museum, London Jar of porcelain, with bulbous body decorated with incised cloud designs painted in coloured glazes on a green ground above a border of lotus-petals and stamens. The neck is octagonal with flat projecting rim and has a conventional fungus border.  

Jar, 11th century, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). Slipped and glazed porcellaneous stoneware (Cizhou-type ware), 10.1 x 12.1 cm. Gift of Charles H. Ludington from the George Crofts Collection, 1923. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1923-21-307.

Jar, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing Period (1522-1566). Glazed porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration, 35.5 x 32 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Bloomfield Moore Collection, 1882-325. This jar is decorated with the auspicious motif of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. Daoist deities from history and myth, the Eight Immortals appeared frequently in dramas and novels during the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), most often presented crossing the sea, as on this piece. Their names are: He Xiangu, Cao Guojiu, Li Tieguai,... [Lire la suite]

Jar, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing Period (1522-1566). Glazed porcelain with underglaze decoration (Jingdezhen ware), 49.5 x 41.9 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Major General and Mrs. William Crozier, 1944-20-82a,b. This octagonally shaped jar is decorated with designs of the Chinese standard script character for longevity, shou, along its shoulders, and each facet shows one of the "Eight Immortals."

Lot 108. A sancai-glazed pottery jar, Tang dynasty (618-907). Width across handles 12.5 cm. Lot Sold 7,560 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's the globular body rising from a flat base to a broad circular mouth, set at the shoulder with a pair of ring handles, covered overall with splashes of ochre, green and cream glazes falling short of the base. The dating of this lot is consistent with Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report no.C198k7. Provenance: Collection of... [Lire la suite]

Small Jar, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), c. 1300. Glazed porcelain with iron-oxide pigment (Qingbai ware), 5.1 x 6 cm. Excavated at or near Philippines. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Maude T. M. de Schauensee, 1970-8-1.  

Jar, Tang dynasty (618-907). Sancai ware Stoneware with three-color glaze, 22.23 cm. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Bequest of Alfred F. Pillsbury, 50.46.163.

Jar, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Stoneware with brown glaze (Shanxi Cizhou ware), 32.8 × 27.8 cm. Gift of Elise Robinson Paumgarten from the Sallie Crozer Hilprecht Collection, 1945. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945-57-27.

Jar, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Stoneware with brown glaze (Shanxi Cizhou ware), 34.5 × 35 cm. Gift of Charles H. Ludington from the George Crofts Collection, 1925. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1925-53-16.