A large Chinese painted Cizhou jar, Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century, the broad-shouldered jar decorated in brown and reddish-rust on a white slip with three shaped panels enclosing a scholar in a garden, a crane standing amidst grasses bird, and a floral display, all above a band of upright lappets and beneath a band of leafy floral scroll, 34cm high
Provenance: From the Collection of a Lady and Gentleman in Buckinghamshire, no. 4.13
A jar of this shape with a similar style of painting, including lozenge-shaped panels of scholars, was excavated in 1976 from a tomb in Yuncheng county, Shandong province, and is illustrated in Wenwu, 1988:6, pl. 7, no. 6. Compare with a similar jar sold at Christie's, 24 July 2020, Lot 59. See another example of very similar size and shape in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (no.390, He Li, Chinese Ceramics 1996), which shows three scenes of the poet Li Bai enjoying wine in a garden.
明 磁州窯開光高士圖罐
拍品來源：英國白金漢郡伉儷私人收藏，編號4.13
Condition Report:
Body crack repair mainly on the shoulder and minor kiln flaw
Condition Report Disclaimer
A large Chinese painted Cizhou jar, Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century, the broad-shouldered jar decorated in brown and reddish-rust on a white slip with three shaped panels enclosing a scholar in a garden, a crane standing amidst grasses bird, and a floral display, all above a band of upright lappets and beneath a band of leafy floral scroll, 34cm high
Provenance: From the Collection of a Lady and Gentleman in Buckinghamshire, no. 4.13
A jar of this shape with a similar style of painting, including lozenge-shaped panels of scholars, was excavated in 1976 from a tomb in Yuncheng county, Shandong province, and is illustrated in Wenwu, 1988:6, pl. 7, no. 6. Compare with a similar jar sold at Christie's, 24 July 2020, Lot 59. See another example of very similar size and shape in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (no.390, He Li, Chinese Ceramics 1996), which shows three scenes of the poet Li Bai enjoying wine in a garden.
明 磁州窯開光高士圖罐
拍品來源：英國白金漢郡伉儷私人收藏，編號4.13
Condition Report:
Body crack repair mainly on the shoulder and minor kiln flaw
Condition Report Disclaimer
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