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Blue-on-white Chinese porcelain jar and lid with human and floral motif and rare symbol on base.

Currency:USD Category:Pottery & Glass / Pottery & China Start Price:550.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Blue-on-white Chinese porcelain jar and lid with human and floral motif and rare symbol on base.
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Blue-on-white Chinese porcelain jar and lid with human and floral motif and rare symbol on base. 590 grams, 8-1/2" tall and 3-1/2" in diameter. Very interesting specimen with opposite-facing man and woman in back-to-back panels on two sides with potted flowers in panels in between, 6 floral panels above matching similar panels on lid, somewhat football-shaped overall with deep base and top, cut blue knob on lid, beaded necklace symbol on base (rare), traces of encrustation only, very pretty and fit for the finest collections. Recovered from: Unidentified late-1700s/early-1800s wreck off Jolo, Sulu, southwest Mindanao (Zamboanga area, known as the Paticul site), Philippines