THE KESWICK ‘HUNDRED DEER’ JAR A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT WUCAI `HUNDRED DEER` JAR

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21.09.2023 17:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 888 | THE KESWICK ‘HUNDRED DEER’ JAR A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT WUCAI 'HUNDRED DEER' JAR
THE KESWICK ‘HUNDRED DEER’ JAR

A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT WUCAI 'HUNDRED DEER' JAR

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620)

The jar is boldly decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red enamel, and green, yellow, and aubergine glazes with the auspicious 'hundred deer' design. The deer are depicted resting, grazing and at playful leisure in a continuous landscape, all below a ruyi border on the shoulder beneath the neck decorated with floral sprays.

14 in. (35.6 cm.) high





Provenance

William Keswick (1834-1912), Eastwick Park, Great Bookham, Surrey, England.

Alice Henrietta Keswick Pyke (1874-1966).

Messrs. White and Sons, Capel Leyse House Sale, Surrey, 4 May 1967.

Marchant, London.
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