A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GUAN JARLET WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM DECO...

Hammer

£550

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GUAN JARLET WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM DECORATION

Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), the ovoid jar is painted with an underglaze blue classic scroll below the unglazed rim, a vibrant central chrysanthemum frieze, below which is a cash coin band, with the bluish white glaze stopping just above the unglazed porcelain base. 8.3cm high

Provenance: Edmund Grundner Asiatics, Salzburg, Austria

For a similar chrysanthemum decoration of the period, but on a small cup, see Sotheby’s, 13 May 2015, lot 34. Also, see a similar Yuan dynasty jarlet, Christie’s, 12 April 2018, lot 25.

Two hairline cracks are visible on the shoulder's exterior, which do not go all the way through the body. Glazing flaw just above the unglazed area to one side.