CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / REPUBLIC PERIOD OR LATER)HAND-PAINTED UNDERGLAZE BLUE ON HEAVY PORCELAIN.BEARS A SIX-CHARACTER ARCHAIC HORIZONTAL REIGN MARK BELOW A FLORAL DIAPER BORDER: "DA MING XUANDE NIAN ZHI" (MADE IN THE XUANDE REIGN OF THE GREAT MING DYNASTY).
AN IMPOSING BALUSTER/OVOID RITUAL-FORM JAR FEATURING A SHORT CYLINDRICAL NECK FLANKED BY A PAIR OF HIGH-RELIEF MOULDED LION-MASK (TAOTIE) MOCK-RING HANDLES. FINELY PAINTED IN DEEP COBALT BLUE DEPICTING THE "THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER" (SUIHAN SANYOU�PINE, PRUNUS, AND BAMBOO)
MEASURES APPROX. 12.5 IN HIGH AND 12 IN IN DIAMETER AT THE WIDEST POINT
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE XUANDE-MARK PORCELAIN JAR
CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / REPUBLIC PERIOD OR LATER)HAND-PAINTED UNDERGLAZE BLUE ON HEAVY PORCELAIN.BEARS A SIX-CHARACTER ARCHAIC HORIZONTAL REIGN MARK BELOW A FLORAL DIAPER BORDER: "DA MING XUANDE NIAN ZHI" (MADE IN THE XUANDE REIGN OF THE GREAT MING DYNASTY). AN IMPOSING BALUSTER/OVOID RITUAL-FORM JAR FEATURING A SHORT CYLINDRICAL NECK FLANKED BY A PAIR OF…