清十八世紀 青花纏蓮錦紋奘蓋罐

of cylindrical section, well potted with an ovoid body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a constricted neck and lipped rim, the main register decorated with five ten-pointed star-shaped panels enclosing lotus blooms encircled by its curled leafy stem, the panels alternating with irregular octagonal panels enclosing stylised foliate motifs, all against an intricate and dense ground of geometric patterns and between two bands enclosing lotus blooms borne on meandering leafy scrolls, the neck with a frieze of crested waves, all above a foot bordered with a band of pendent petal lappets, the domed cover similarly decorated with a dense geometric ground of floral blooms, foliage and waves surrounding a finial picked out with a lotus bloom

香港蘇富比1989年5月17日，編號261

The jar and cover are in fine condition.
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Jars of this 'albarello' form include one with a cover, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Lu Minghua, Qingdai Yongzheng-Xuantong guanyao ciqi [Qing dynasty official wares from the Yongzheng to the Xuantong reign], Shanghai, 2014, pl. 4-11 (left); another in the Hangzhou Tu Huo Zhai Museum of Antique Ceramics, Hangzhou, included in the exhibition Treasures of Imperial Porcelain, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, 2011, p. 102; a third jar, from the collection of Edward T. Chow, sold in these rooms, 3rd May 1994, lot 173.

The complex geometric motif and cylindrical form of this vase were modelled after early 15th century prototypes, which were in turn inspired by Middle Eastern designs. See a vase of this type, but lacking the original cover, attributed to the Yongle reign (1403-24), from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (I), Shanghai, 2000, pl. 43.