Lot 99. A rare blue and white ‘Boys’ jar, 17th century; 15cm., 5 7/8 in. Estimate 6,000 - 10,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,000 GBP. © Sotheby's 2013

the ovoid body rising from a straight foot to a waisted neck, painted around the exterior with boys at play, all below a band of shaped floral cartouches, the rim with a band of foliate sprigs, the base painted with a hare

Provenance: Collection of Dr A. M. Sengers.
Marchanson, London.
Sotheby’s Melbourne, 29th/30th November 2005, lot 586.

Exhibited: The Dr A.M. Sengers Collection of Ming Blue and White Porcelain, Marchanson, London, 2001, cat. no. 30.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 06 Nov 2013