A BLUE AND WHITE JAR JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD | 明嘉靖 青花瓔珞海馬紋罐 《大明嘉靖年製》款

A BLUE AND WHITE JAR

JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD

明嘉靖 青花瓔珞海馬紋罐 《大明嘉靖年製》款

painted to the ovoid body with interlaced ruyi heads suspending stylised lotus flowers alternating with bajixiang ('Eight Buddhist Emblems') hanging from the beaded tassels, all above a band enclosing mythical horses galloping among vivid turbulent wave, the neck collared with stylised foliage, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue

Height 25 cm, 9⅞ in.