Wucai Covered Jar

Description:

Wucai Covered Jar, China, 17th century or later, guan form, heavily potted, painted in bright enamels with phoenixes amidst dense scrolling foliage and peony blossoms, the domed cover with similar decorations, base unglazed and unmarked, ht. 14 1/2 in.

Provenance: Acquired in 1964 from Frank Caro Chinese Art, New York, to the present owner by family descent. Original receipt available.

Note: See Christie's South Kensington, Sale 5986, Lot 83, September 2010.
Estimate $500-700

age wear, chips to rim, surface wear, firing flaws, surface hairlines, cover with traces of repairs and possibly not original to jar (but likely dated to the same period)


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