A large blue and white 'ladies in garden' jar, guan
A large blue and white 'ladies in garden' jar, guan
16th century
The heavily-potted vessel of shouldered hexagonal form with gently rounded sides and a short neck, finely painted with six ogival panels depicting garden scenes with court ladies engaging in various leisurely pursuits, set between stylised floral scrolls, above a band of palmettes reserved on a blue ground, the shoulder with a diaper band enclosing shaped panels with qilin and tripod incense burners, the neck with a further diaper band containing panels decorated with flower heads. 34cm (13 3/8in)high.
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A large blue and white 'ladies in garden' jar, guan
16th century
The heavily-potted vessel of shouldered hexagonal form with gently rounded sides and a short neck, finely painted with six ogival panels depicting garden scenes with court ladies engaging in various leisurely pursuits, set between stylised floral scrolls, above a band of palmettes reserved on a blue ground, the shoulder with a diaper band enclosing shaped panels with qilin and tripod incense burners, the neck with a further diaper band containing panels decorated with flower heads. 34cm (13 3/8in)high.
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