Asian Art II - 14th November 2018
Lot 772
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' JAR WANLI 1573-1620 With a lobed body painted...
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Description
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' JAR
WANLI 1573-1620
With a lobed body painted with birds among pine, bamboo and prunus trees, with a band of lappets to the shoulder and key fret to the rim, 17.5cm.
Cf. J Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, pp.291-292, pl.II:36 for a similar example.