of square baluster form rising from a slightly tapered foot to a short square neck, each side brightly painted in iron-red and green enamels with a dragon writhing among clouds above wave crests, two ascending and two descending, their scaly bodies detailed in a dark red over a paler red, above alternating red and green petal lappets enclosing pendent floral motifs at the foot, and below borders of stylised clouds and pointed petals around the shoulder and neck, the chamfered footring left unglazed, the recessed base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double square, fitted wooden stand and cover carved in openwork with flower scrolls

C.T. Loo, Paris.
Collection of Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), no. CK839.
Sotheby's Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 12.
Eskenazi Ltd, London.
The Meiyintang Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th April 2013, lot 32.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 839.
Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including The Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, no. 1020.
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 4, no. 1687.

The jar is in very good condition, except for two short hairlines to the mouthrim, measuring 1 and 1.3 cm respectively, on both sides of one corner, with a minute glaze flake to the tip of the corner. There is also a short body line under the glaze to one bottom corner.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Another Jiajing jar of this design and size from the Malcolm MacDonald Collection in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham, is illustrated in Ireneus Laszlo Legeza, A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm MacDonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental Studies, University of Durham, London, 1972, pl. CXIV, no. 305; a covered example from the Franks Collection in the British Museum, London is published in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no. 9: 103, together with a copy from the Republican era, no. 9: 104; another covered jar of this design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese ceramics], Shanghai, 1999-2000, vol. 13, pl. 107, and a jar from the Chang Foundation, Taipei, is illustrated in Yeh Pei-lang [Ye Peilan], Beauty of Ceramics, vol.7: Gems of the Wucai Porcelain, Taipei, 1996, pl. 44. See also a jar and cover of this pattern from the collection of W.W. Winkworth, sold in our London rooms 25th April 1944, lot 383; and another without cover, sold in our London rooms, 18th June 1985, lot 143 and again 7th June 1988, lot 244.