A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND TWO DISHES Ming dynasty (3)

A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND TWO DISHES Ming dynasty Comprising a lobed blue and white jar surmounted by a short cylindrical neck decorated with a key-fret band, decorated around the body with leafy vines bearing melons between two lappet borders; a blue and white saucer dish with a foliate rim, painted to the centre with a bird perching on a tree branch while the other at the tip of a rockwork, with a full moon or sun to the upper left, the base inscribed with a six-character Chenghua mark; and a blue and white square dish painted to the centre with a circular panel enclosing a hare looking backward to floral and foliate sprays of chrysanthemum, the based inscribed with a six-character Xuande mark The jar: 15cm (5 7/8in) high. (3). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 青花瓜棱罐 青花古染付兔紋方盤(「大明宣德年製」楷書款) 及青花鳥石紋花口盤（「大明成化年製」楷書款） 一組三件 Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London 來源： Ben Janssens Oriental Art，倫敦 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2007, London, 2007, pp.86-87 (the square dish) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2008, London, 2008, pp.124-125 (the jar) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, Landscapes, London, 2018, pp.36-37 (the circular dish) 展覽著錄： Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2007》，倫敦，2007年，第86-87頁（方盤） Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2008》，倫敦，2008年，第124-125頁（罐） Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《Landscapes》，倫敦，2018年，第36-37頁（圓盤） Compare the circular dish with a blue and white dish with a similar brown-glazed foliate rim, Chenghua mark but Chongzhen period, illustrated by S. Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period, New York, 1984 p.86, pl.34. Compare the jar with a similar blue and white melon jar, 16th century, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 18 March 2015, lot 607 (part lot). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing