A CIZHOU-TYPE 'HARE' JAR Ming Dynasty Of robust baluster form with rounded shoulders and a short tapered neck, set with four lug handles, the body painted in two tones of brown with a hare captured mid-leap with the back legs stretched out and the head raised high, leaping above lingzhi fungus and flowers, covered in a thick creamy glaze stopping short of the foot. 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七世紀 磁州窯系兔紋罐 Provenance: acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in April 2004 (collector's notes) 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2004年4月（藏家筆記） Originally produced in large numbers for everyday storage, such jars were long regarded as utilitarian with few surviving examples now recorded in the published literature. See two similar Cizhou-type jars, one decorated with a hare, possibly Shanxi or Hebei province, Ming/Qing dynasty, c.1620-1911, illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pp.438-439, nos.14:7 and 14:8. See also a related Cizhou-type jar decorated with a horse, 17th century, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (acc.no.FE.174-1974). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing