A Blue and White Porcelain General Jar and Cover

19th Century

清晚期青花三堂會審圖將軍罐
the globular jar has broad shoulders tapering to a spreading foot, the exterior painted with a continuous scene showing figures in court, all underneath cloud clusters, the short neck decorated with flaming pearls, the domed cover decorated with a landscape scene with a figure seated on rocks, gazing at the river in distance, topped with a lotus-bud form finial.

Height 17 in., 43.2 cm.

Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fry, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, thence by descent

The top of the finial with a slight loss. The foot rim with a small splitting chip (partial loss), shallow hairline to the rim partially penetrating into the interior.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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