YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1736)

Details

A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'MELON' JAR
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1736)
The body is divided into six lobes decorated with fruiting melon vines of varying composition, and tapers from the rounded shoulder to the foot of conforming outline.
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, United States, late 19th/early 20th century, and thence by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

A similar vase of the same small size, also with Yongzheng mark, is illustrated by R. Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and J. Thompson in Imperial Perfection, The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors: a Selection from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 44-5.

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