A LONGQUAN CARVED BALUSTER ‘LOTUS’ JAR, MING DYNASTY

The large and massively potted jar entirely covered with an evenly applied, pale-olive celadon glaze, showing fine crazing
China, 15th century


The deeply and skillfully carved design shows a circumferential central scroll of lotus flowers accompanied by their leaves and tendrils, above a petal lappets border that encircles the slightly waisted base, and beneath two smaller borders with aligned leaves. The convex and recessed base is glazed in celadon and surrounded by a slanted, unglazed foot rim. The inner of the jar is completely glazed as well.

Shape: Baluster
Dimensions: Height 28.8 cm., diameter 33 cm.
Condition: Superb condition with only very little wear and some minor firing irregularities
Provenance: From a prominent Chicago private collection.

Auction result comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Christies, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1646. (compare with a jar from the same group, but with a peony scroll, and still retaining its original lid)

明代龍泉刻花蓮花開片罐
大型厚重胎罐，刻花，淺灰綠色釉，開片
中國，十五世紀

造型：罐
尺寸：高 28.8 厘米., 直徑 33 厘米.
品相：保存狀況極好，僅極少磨損，一些燒製時產生的不規則形
來源：來自芝加哥一位明星人物私人收藏