An unusual Chinese blue and white large ovoid jar Wanli 1573-1620
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1300
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Description
An unusual Chinese blue and white large ovoid jar Wanli 1573-1620, the body decorated with pine, prunus and bamboo amidst rockwork, above a band of stiff leaves, broken horizontally around the luting line and at the rim, and with a metal mount disguising this, 28cm.
Cf. T. Misugi, Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East Topkapi and Ardebil, A.126 for a similar example.
