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全球拍卖首页 > EastWestArtAuction > Autumn Asian Art Auction (Part 1) > Lot 249
Dynasty Blue-and-White Jar with Peony Scrolls and the Eight Auspicious Emblems
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09月19日 晚上11点 开拍 /7天16小时
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Dimensions 40 cm (approximately 15.75 in); Yuan Dynasty, 13th–14th centuryCondition and Provenance in well-preserved condition, retaining the complete flared mouth, substantial neck, broad shoulders, rounded body, and wide base. The cobalt decoration remains clearly defined, ranging naturally from softer gray-blue to saturated indigo and deeper blue in areas of heavier pigment concentration, with localized diffusion visible in selected passages. The glaze has a smooth, mellow surface with minor wear, light staining, and traces consistent with long-term handling and display. The broad unglazed sanded base shows circular trimming marks, old earthen deposits, staining, and natural contact wear. From a private collection in Texas, United States, with a history of family ownership overseas.Description large Yuan-period blue-and-white jar combines a broad, powerful silhouette with an exceptionally layered decorative program. At 40 cm high, the vessel has substantial presence. It is formed with a wide mouth, thick neck, generous shoulders, a full rounded body, and a lower section that steadily narrows toward a broad stable base. The proportions are muscular and visually grounded, yet the gradual contraction of the lower body gives the jar a strong vertical rhythm. The decoration is arranged in multiple registers from the rim to the foot. Around the mouth is a continuous scrolling border, followed by wave and floral ornament across the neck. The wave forms are built from repeated curved lines and swirling crests, while the floral elements soften the geometry of the upper section. Together they create a compact decorative collar that frames the opening and prepares the eye for the broader shoulder below. Across the shoulder is a sequence of framed compartments containing auspicious emblems and treasure motifs. Among them are forms associated with the Eight Auspicious Symbols, including the wheel, parasol, lotus, canopy, endless knot, flaming jewel, and related precious emblems. Each motif occupies its own panel, divided by strong cobalt lines. Because the compartments follow the slope of the shoulder, they create a radiating ring around the jar that is especially effective when viewed from above. This is one of the most visually organized areas of the vessel, and it provides a formal counterpoint to the freer floral painting below. Beneath the emblem band is a scrolling floral border of curling stems, blossoms, and leaves. That transition is important because it connects the rigid geometry of the shoulder panels to the expansive peony composition on the body. The principal field is filled with large peony blossoms growing from continuous scrolling branches. The flowers are oversized and richly layered, some presented fully open and frontal, others shown from the side or partially closed. Their petals are drawn with fine outlines and reinforced with deeper cobalt at the centers, creating a strong sense of depth. The branches move freely through the composition, supporting leaves that turn, overlap, and extend into the surrounding white ground. The painter clearly understood how to use the broad curved body of the jar. The flowers are not confined to isolated reserves. Instead, the entire body acts as one continuous field, so the decoration unfolds as the vessel is rotated. One large bloom gives way to another, with stems, buds, leaves, and smaller floral forms connecting the scenes into a complete panoramic scroll. This continuous format gives the piece a much more dynamic character than a simple repeated pattern. The cobalt has a wide tonal range. Fine lines are used for petals, veins, and smaller stems, while heavier pigment fills leaves, flower centers, and selected outlines. In some places the blue becomes deep indigo and nearly blue-black where the pigment is most concentrated; in others it softens into a gray-blue wash. Slight firing-related diffusion is visible in selected passages and gives the decoration a natural, painterly quality rather than a mechanical crispness. The strong contrast between dark foliage and the pale glaze makes the large floral forms especially effective from a distance. Below the main peony field is a narrow scrolling border, followed by a series of elongated lower compartments. Each lower panel contains a stylized cloud, fruit, flower, or auspicious motif. The vertical structure of these compartments helps visually stabilize the lower body as it narrows toward the foot. In this way, the decoration follows a clear architectural logic: compact symbolic bands at the top, a broad open floral field through the center, and a structured framed register at the bottom. The glaze is softly bluish white and provides a clean, luminous ground for the cobalt decoration. Seen from above, the wide mouth and shoulder arrangement become especially impressive, as the emblem panels and floral borders form concentric rings around the opening. The interior is glazed and the vessel has the substantial depth expected of a jar of this size. The underside is broadly unglazed and exposes a thick pale buff-to-gray ceramic body. Circular wheel and trimming marks remain clearly visible across the base, together with old staining, earthen deposits, and long-term contact wear. That rugged sanded underside contrasts strongly with the smoother glazed exterior and reinforces the physical weight of the vessel. Peonies have long been associated in Chinese visual culture with wealth, honor, prosperity, and flourishing life. The Eight Auspicious Symbols and related treasure motifs add layers of protection, blessing, harmony, and completeness. Bringing these two decorative systems together creates an especially rich symbolic program: abundance and beauty across the body, auspicious protection and good fortune across the shoulder, and stabilizing cloud and fruit motifs around the foot. For an American collector, the appeal is both visual and cultural. From across a room, the jar reads as a bold blue-and-white statement piece with a strong, rounded silhouette and monumental peony heads. At closer range, the symbolism of the shoulder emblems, the detailed petals, leaf veins, scrolling stems, lower-panel motifs, and tonal variation of the cobalt become increasingly apparent. The combination of large scale, dense but highly organized ornament, strong blue-and-white contrast, and a richly auspicious decorative program makes this jar especially effective as a centerpiece in a collection of Chinese ceramics.

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