A FINE BLUE AND WHITE LOBED JARLET Mark and Period of Yongzheng

of hexagonal form, surmounted the waisted neck rising to a flared rim, each lobe painted with trailing vines of fruiting melon amongst leaves and tendrils, all between double line borders, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six character mark



 

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1986, lot 55.

The jarlet is in excellent condition. The blue is of a slightly softer tone than the illustration depicts.
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For an similar example see the Wang Xing Lou Collection, see Imperial Perfection, The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, no.9.  For the Ming inspiration of this design, compare the lobed early 15th century jar from the Lodge collection, illustrated by W.B. Honey in The Ceramic Art of China, London, 1944, pl. 87A.