A rare blue and white 'auspicious characters' jar, Mark and period of Jiajing | 明嘉靖 青花福壽康寧紋罐 《大明嘉靖年製》款

Jiajing mark and period jars with this distinctive Daoist-inspired decoration are relatively rare. See a closely related pair, previously in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark and included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Ming Blue and White, London, 1946, cat. no. 71, sold in our London rooms, 7th June 1993, lot 49; another jar, previously in the collection of H. Treitel, was included in Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst [Exhibition of Chinese Art], Berlin, 1929, cat. no. 712.