A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-FORM JARS | QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD | 清康熙 青花人物故事圖四方瓶一對
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January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-FORM JARS
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
清康熙 青花人物故事圖四方瓶一對
each painted with rectangular panels depicting figural scenes within a crosshatched border, the shoulder painted with a diaper band and the short neck with panels of floral sprigs, the base with an artemisia leaf mark
Height 10¾ in.; 27.4 cm
Christie's New York, January 30, 1993, lot 7
Square form jars such as the present examples were often used to store tea leaves, and would originally have matching square covers. A similar example is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and illustrated in D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain: Chine de Commande, Surrey, 1974, pl. 150. Other similar examples were sold in these rooms, October 17th, 1974, lot 499; in our Hong Kong rooms, May 12th, 1976, lot 137.