With swelling shoulder, tapering to the base, domed cover with knop finial; decorated with shaped reserves of figures in landscapes, auspicious mythical beasts and birds and flowers.
H: 24 1/4 in. (including cover)
PROVENANCE:
Guest and Gray, London
Property from an American private collection, acquired from the above July 31, 2012
Thence by descent
With swelling shoulder, tapering to the base, domed cover with knop finial; decorated with shaped reserves of figures in landscapes, auspicious mythical beasts and birds and flowers.
PROVENANCE:
Guest and Gray, London
Property from an American private collection, acquired from the above July 31, 2012
Thence by descent
NOTE:
For a pair of slightly smaller (22 1/2" high) jars and covers with floral-decorated reserves, see Sotheby's, London, November 7, 2018, lot 101. For a 23 3/4" high jar and cover, with reserves of beasts and flowers, see Christie's, Amsterdam, November 20, 2007, lot 150.