Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton
A yellow-ground underglaze-blue 'double-gourd' vase, Mark and period of Jiajing | 明嘉靖 黃地青花纏枝蓮紋葫蘆瓶 《大明嘉靖年製》款
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September 22, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A yellow-ground underglazeblue 'double-gourd' vase
Mark and period of Jiajing
明嘉靖 黃地青花纏枝蓮紋葫蘆瓶 《大明嘉靖年製》款
the globular lower body and pear-shaped upper bulb boldly painted in deep cobalt blue with meandering leafy lotus scroll, the waisted midsection with florets and a row of ruyi heads, all against a rich yellow-enameled ground, the base white and with a six-character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue
Height 7½ in., 19.1 cm
Marchant, London, 31st March 1999.
來源
馬錢特，倫敦，1999年3月31日
Carried by Daoist immortals, double-gourds were believed to contain elixirs of immortality. As such, vases in this form are closely associated with Daoism and reflect the Jiajing Emperor's devotion to the religion. A vase of this type is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 91.1.379). Another sold twice in our London rooms, on 17th December 1980, lot 634, and again on 5th December 1995, lot 406. For a variation of this vase with iron-red blossoms, see a pair in the British Museum, illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pls 9:88 and 9:89.