Lot 908. Property from the Dawentang Collection. A rare green and aubergine-enamelled jar and cover, Jiajing period (1522-1566); 15.6 cm high. Price realised HKD 635,000 (Estimate HKD 500,000 – HKD 700,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Collection of Edward T. Chow

Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, The Edward T. Chow Collection Part One: Ming & Qing Porcelain, 25 November 1980, lot 43

Offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 November 1997, lot 1421

Literature: Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. I, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.224-227, no. 38

Regina Krahl, Arts of Asia, Hong Kong, July – August 2020, p.127, fig. 6

Exhibited: Hong Kong Museum of History, The Radiant Ming 1368-1644 through the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, cat. no. 128.

Note: It is very rare to find a Jiajing jar of this design with a striking combination of rich green and aubergine enamels. No other identical example appears to have been published. The enamels on the jar are characteristic of those found on imperial Jiajing wares, such as a green-enamelled zhadou incised with phoenix motifs in the Palace Museum, illustrated in Imperial Porcelains from the Reign of Jiajing, Longquan and Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2018, no. 162.

Christie's. Pearls of The Orient - Treasures from Hong Kong Private Collectors, Hong Kong, 40 April 2026