Details
Possibly Samson, the jar is decorated on the exterior with scholars, attendants and ladies holding lanterns at leisure in a garden scene, below an elaborate ruyi-headborder. The top of the cover is decorated with two immortals, and the sides with various precious objects.
914 in. (23.5 cm.) high


Provenance
Elizabeth S. Coolidge (1864-1953) Collection, Chicago, before 1916.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1916.
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