A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR
TRANSITIONAL C.1640

The body painted in a fuzzy underglaze blue with a continuous landscape scene depicting an equestrian and his attendant, with further figures and trees in a mountainous landscape, the rim with a band of pendent leaves, and with incised lines, the base with a paper label for Christie’s London, 29th November 1998, lot 682, 24cm.

Provenance: from a British Private Collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from Christie's, London, 26th November 1998, Lot 682.

For a closely related jar with its cover, see Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, an Exhibition presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, and the Urban Council, Hong Kong, no.76.

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來源：英國私人收藏（1970-2003）倫敦佳士得1998年11月26日·編號682。