CHINESE WUCAI PORCELAIN JAR,Jiajing Period. Hexagonal-form, painted to depict quatrefoil reserve enclosing rosette and foliage on brocade ground, molded fu lion head-form handles. - 4 1/2 in. high. Estimate $500-600
PROVENANCE: Donated by Mr and Mrs. R. Austin Tydings to The Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, MD, in 1980s.
Note: For a similar palette see Henry Trubner "In The Pursuite Of The Dragon, Tradition And Transitions In Ming Porcelain" p. 34, 118 pl. 54.