A Chinese blue and white cylindrical jar Wanli 1573-1619
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Chinese blue and white cylindrical jar Wanli 1573-1619, of kraak type, painted with two cranes flying amidst pine, bamboo, chrysanthemum and insects, the base with a star crack, 21cm.
Provenance: a private American collection, purchased from John Berwald, 23rd June 1995.
For a similar jar cf. R Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, Vol. II, Nos. 1516-17.
