Lot 1062. A rare blue and white ewer and cover, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) across. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2019.

The ewer has a compressed tapering body decorated with a continuous river landscape below a band of ruyi-heads on the shoulder below the neck, and is set with a faceted S-shaped spout emerging from a lion mask opposite the imitation-bamboo handle. The domed cover is decorated with ruyi-heads below the lotus bud finial, Japanese wood box. 

Provenance: Marquis Ikeda (1904-1988) Collection (according to label on the Japanese wood box).

Literature: Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art II - Special Exhibition 'Strolled for last ten years', Tokyo, 2016, p. 83, no. 121.

Exhibited: Tokyo, Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art II - Special Exhibition 'Strolled for last ten years', November 2016.