A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE `FISH’ JAR

Lot 1107
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 15 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 718584
Lot 1107 | A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH’ JAR
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH’ JAR

MING DYNASTY, MID-15TH CENTURY

The jar is decorated in a vibrant cobalt blue with a continuous scene of carp swimming amidst lotus flowers, above a lappet border around the foot and below floral roundels on a diaper ground on the broad shoulders and a quadrilobed diamond pattern on the short neck.

14 3⁄4 in. (37.5 cm.) high







Provenance

Private collection, Europe, by repute.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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