Lot 126. A blue ground baluster jar, Wanli period (1572-1620). H 15,5 cm. Est: €1,000 - €1,500. Courtesy Lempertz

Of baluster-shape, the exterior decorated in biscuit with fish among flaming pearls, reserved on a dark blue ground.

Provenance: Private collection, Ruhr area, assembled since the 1960s, acquired in 1970 at China Bohlken, Westerland, and thence in the family by descent.

Literature: Compare Jessica Harrison Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London 2001, no. 11:182.

Kunsthaus Lempertz KG, Asian Art I (China - Tibet/Nepal - India, South East Asia), June 24, 2021, Köln, Germany