LARGE GUAN JAR in porcelain, decorated with auspicious characters merging with the trunks of the three friends of the cold season enamelled green on a yellow background, the opening highlighted with friezes of interlaced ruyis and chevrons, the interior enamelled white, the underside left in biscuit except for the center in white enamelled reserve. Apocryphal mark of Emperor Wanli under the jar.
(The pierced base).
China.
A LARGE GREEN AND YELLOW GROUND JAR, GUAN, CHINA.
TOP. 29 CM (11 7/16 IN.)
PROVENANCE
Rob Michiels, Bruges, 24-25/06/2017, lot 657.