A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR, LIAN ZI GUAN

TRANSITIONAL C.1640

Painted with a deer and Lan Caihe carrying a basket of flowers under a willow tree, the reverse with rocks emerging from wispy clouds, the scene contained within finely incised floral and foliate bands, with flower sprays encircling the rim, the base with a paper label for Tim Wright Artemesia Antiques, 15.8cm.

Provenance: from a deceased estate, Dorset, purchased from Artemesia, Alresford on 8th May 1982 for £290. A copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. R S Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, p.118, no.75 for a related Transitional covered jar decorated with a similar scene.