An exceptionally rare and finely painted blue and white 'floral' jar, Mark and period of Chenghua | 明成化 青花九秋圖罐 《大明成化年製》款
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Description
with a well-proportioned body rising to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a constricted neck, the exterior sensitively and delicately painted in muted tones of cobalt blue with the nine lush autumn-flowering buds and blossoms, evenly spaced with the luscious blooms rendered borne on curling leafy stems issuing from the ground, all between double-line borders encircling the upper shoulder and foot, the base inscribed with a six-character mark within a double circle, veiled overall save for the unglazed footring with a most sensual unctuous glaze, Japanese wood box with an inscription by Kushi Takushi (1898-1973)
h. 9.7 cm
Collection of the Akaboshi family, Tokyo, acquired in the 1930s.
Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo, acquired in the 1940s.
Collection of Takushin Kushi (1898-1973), Tokyo, acquired in the 1940s.
Watanabe & Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
Chugokutoji Gen Ming Meihinten [Chinese Ceramics from the Yuan - Ming Dynasties], The Japan Ceramic Society, Takashimaya, Tokyo, 1956, cat. no. 29.
Mindai no Sometsuke to Akae [Porcelains with Blue-and-white and Red-enamels from the Ming Dynasty], Tokyo: Sogeisha, 1953, no. 12.
Sekai Bijutsu Zenshu [Complete Series of World Fine Arts], vol. 20: Min Shin Kindai [Ming, Qing and Modern], Tokyo, 1956, no. 86.
Takushin Kushi, Minsho Toji Zukan [Porcelains of the Early Ming Dynasty], Yuzankaku Inc, Tokyo, 1968, cat. no. 9.
Mayuyama: Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 792.
來源
赤星家族收藏，東京，入藏於1930年代
繭山龍泉堂，東京，購於1940年代
久志卓真（1898-1973年）收藏，東京，入藏於1940年代
渡邊三方堂，東京
展覽
《中国陶磁 元明名品展》，日本陶磁協會（日本橋髙島屋），1956年，編號29
出版
日本陶磁協会，《明代の染付と赤絵》，東京，1953年，圖版12
水野清一等，《世界美術全集》，卷二十：中国中世II 明清近代，東京，1956年，圖版86
久志卓真，《明初陶磁図巻》，東京，1968年，圖版9
《龍泉集芳》，卷1，繭山龍泉堂，東京，1976年，圖版792