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A HUGE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN JAR, China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period (1521-1567)
h cm 46
Well painted on the body with qilong medallions amid flowering branches; the short neck is decorated with storks flying among ruyi-shaped clouds.
Catalog notes:
See a similar jar in the collection of the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul, archive number TKS 15/1996, illustrated in John Ayers, Regina Krahl and Nurdan Erbahar 1986, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, A Complete Catalog, vol. 2, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Sotheby's Publication London, p. 668, fig. 1060.
青花花卉团龙纹罐，中国，明朝，嘉靖时期