A Chinese Wucai Jar and Cover, Transitional (1644-1661)

A Chinese Wucai Jar and Cover, Transitional (1644-1661).

Of high-shouldered ovoid form, the sides painted in bright wucai enamels with a continuous scene depicting a procession of boys, all dressed in short robes, some carrying wrapped objects or holding banners, a central character carrying a ruyi-stick, riding in saddle on a scaly mythological beast, the scene divided by swirling and misty clouds, stylised rock-work and plantain, the shoulder with a wide band of large flowering foliage, the short neck painted with up-right stylised petals, above the foot a border of lappets, the base glazed, the domed cover painted with three boys in a terraced garden.

LITERATURE

A very similar Wucai jar but without a cover, also painted with a young boy riding a mythological beast is illustrated in L'Odyssée de la Porcelaine Chinoise, Collections Du Musée National De Céramique, Sèvres Et Du Musée National Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris 2003, pl. 117, belonging to the Musée national Adrien Dubouché, Limoges Don Dubouché, 1870, ADL 6172.

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