A blue and white baluster jar and cover, Ming dynasty, Wanli period.
painted in a deep tone of underglaze blue with a frieze of peony scrolls above a border of horses galloping over waves, the short neck with the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' above a wan-fret band on the shoulder, reserved with floral cartouches repeated on the domed cover (2). Height 16 in., 40.5 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000. Unsold
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th-15th November 1983, lot 102.
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW
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