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Lot 12
A Chinese Blue and White Ginger Jar and Bowl
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
A porcelain ginger jar hand painted in underglaze blue with floral designs within circles and washed brushwork around the bottom of the body, with a carved wooden lid with a longevity seal, the bowl has a six character Shunzhi mark on the underside, and is hand painted in underglaze blue with the Daoist Immortals on the exterior and motifs of the Eight Buddhist Treasures on the interior amidst clouds, a brass band around the outside of the rim.

Jar 10 in., Bowl 9.25 in. diameter

From the Gills-Peple Collection, Richmond, Virginia.

Tight hairline crack to neck of ginger jar; paper tag remains on side of bowl.