Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Auction: October 18, 2023 at 10 AM ET
The ovoid jar with short neck and slightly flared lip, decorated with a main band of Daoist immortals in a landscape, centered by three gentlemen playing weiqi, a lappet border with eight Buddhist symbols among scrollwork and beaded festoons at the shoulder, cloudscrolls and ruyi-head border at the neck; stylized lappet panels at the base, the unglazed underside with low footring, inscribed with the character "Tian"
H: 12 7/8 in.
Acquired by the father of the present owner in London, UK, 1960s
Property from a private collection, Long Island, New York