Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION 日本顯赫私人珍藏
A MOULDED AND RETICULATED FAHUA JAR MING DYNASTY | 明 琺華鏤雕八仙過海圖罐
Auction Closed
October 9, 08:09 AM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Japanese Private Collection
A MOULDED AND RETICULATED FAHUA JAR
MING DYNASTY
明 琺華鏤雕八仙過海圖罐
of baluster form, the openwork outer layer depicting the Eight Immortals carrying various attributes amidst ruyi clouds and craggy rockwork, between a band of chrysanthemum blooms on the shoulder and a border of petal lappets encircling the foot, all below a collar of ruyi clouds on the neck, Japanese wood box
36.5 cm, 14 ⅜ in.
It is rare to find a fahua jar with such a successful combination of reticulation and moulded decoration. The vivid scene of the Eight Immortals is skilfully rendered against a brilliant turquoise and cobalt-blue background. A fahua meiping with similar texture of decoration, but depicting an immortal and acolyte in the British Museum collection is illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 13:9. See also a closely related jar in the collection of George Eumorfopoulos illustrated in R.L. Hobson and A.L. Hetherington, The Art of the Chinese Potter: An Illustrated Survey, London, revised ed., New York, 1982, pl. 111.