BPA: Fine Large Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue & White Jar ** WITH OXFORD TL TEST ** Start Price GBP 8,500.00 Current Price GBP 8,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, July 04, 2008 End Time Friday, July 11, 2008 Location Brighton See more about 'BPA: Fine Large Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue & White Jar' Description Brian Page Antiques   Established 1968 Pay us direct with your Visa or MasterCard and receive the full protection automatically  freely given by your card issuer, not the limited and conditional protection offered by payment intermediaries such as Paypal.                Brian Page Antiques  Established 1968.   Retail premises in Brighton, United Kingdom. eMail:   brianpage.co.uk Guarantee: We have been specialist dealers, consultants and collectors of Asian Art and Antiques since 1968 and we guarantee ALL of our items to be GENUINE and from the PERIOD STATED.  Our Guarantee has No Time Limit.  Please click here for full background and contact details. Fine & Very Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Large Blue & White Jar with Oxford TL Test This superb and impressive early blue & white vessel was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368), most likely by one of the kilns at Yuxi county in Yunnan province, one of the first places in the world where blue & white ware was produced. The design in underglaze cobalt blue is extremely interesting. Around the shoulder are four panels each with a person engaged in different activities apparently in a garden. Between these panels are flower blossoms and leaves. The middle of the jar is decorated with four panels each contain two ladies engaged in various leisurely pursuits. The lower section of the jar is decorated with elaborate lotus leaves patterns. As with many of our finer items, we have had this vessel tested by Oxford Authentications, the only testers of ancient pottery accepted by all major dealers, auction houses and museums worldwide, and the Thermoluminescence Analysis Report that will accompany this item is shown with our pictures below; this confirms the date of manufacture as "between 600 and 1000 years ago". Height 25.5 cm, diameter 29.5 cm. There are firing cracks to the base and base edge but no repair or restoration. A superb vessel in excellent condition. An alternative to spending £500,000 upwards for a similar sized jar of the same period from the Jingdezehn kilns! Text & Pictures of Item for Sale Copyright © Brian Page Antiques We take a lot of time and trouble over our pictures and item descriptions. 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