Lot description
A VERY RARE WUCAI ‘BOYS’ JAR JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566) The jar is painted with bright enamels with a continuous scene of eight boys at play engaged in various pursuits, including riding a wooden horse, holding a lotus leaf as a canopy, flying a flag, holding a vase, and spinning a top, interspersed with ornamental rocks and pine trees under swirling clouds and a band of downward over-lapping plantain leaves on the sloping shoulder. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
