A RARE BLUE AND WHITE EIGHT 'TRIGRAMS' JAR Jiajing six-character mark and of the periodA RARE BLUE AND WHITE EIGHT 'TRIGRAMS' JARJiajing six-character mark and of the period The bulbous body rising from a spreading foot, painted around the exterior with a row of trigrams in circles surrounded by auspicious cranes in various positions amidst ruyi-shaped clouds, the six-character mark on the base arranged in a circle. 15cm (5 3/4in) diam. 明嘉靖 青花八卦雲鶴紋罐青花「大明嘉靖年造」楷書款Provenance: Hans F. Goldstein (1915-1985), and thence by descent來源：Hans F. Goldstein (1915-1985)舊藏，並由後人收藏迄今This lot and those offered at Bonhams London in May 2023 form the remaining collection of H. F. Goldstein, an earlier part of which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong and London in 2015-2016. Hans Goldstein's work during the 1950s took him to all parts of the Far East and this in turn stimulated his interest in Oriental art and in particular Chinese porcelain. His collection developed gradually and initially concentrated on inside-painted snuff bottles. As he became more knowledgeable, he began to collect blue and white porcelain and other Chinese ceramics and works of art. He came to London in the mid-1960s and continued to collect by regularly visiting art dealers and the main auction houses in London.The Jiajing emperor was an enthusiast of Daoist rituals and ceramic wares with the 'Eight Trigrams motifs' related to Daoism, were particularly favoured. See a very similar blue and white footed bowl, Jiajing mark and period, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.1991.253.49). Compare also with a similarly-shaped blue and white jar, Jiajing mark and of the period, illustrated in Enlightening Elegance. Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Ming. The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.154-155.is_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item.jpgsold_price_type: £