A fine blue and white barrel-form 'floral' jar, Seal mark and period of Qianlong

Adorned with crashing waves, graceful floral scrolls and auspicious ruyi borderwork, the present jar is a fine example of the blue-and-white porcelain produced during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736 - 1795); its rich variegated blue tone designed to imitate the ‘heaped-and-piled’ effect found on earlier Ming dynasty wares.

Compare a closely related jar sold at Christie’s London, 7th November 2006, lot 195, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th May 2008, lot 1581; another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th May 2012, lot 3998, and again 9th July 2020, lot 2844; and a third, of slightly more squat proportions, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24th November 2013, lot 237.