Lot Essay
While Qianlong-marked blue and white hexagonal vases are known, very few examples are decorated with lotus scrolls across the body and neck like the current vase. Most surviving examples are decorated with detached sprays of fruits and flowers, such as lot 2918 in this sale, and the one illustrated in Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Qingdai bufen, fig. 146.
Only very few closely related examples are known, including one sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2012, lot 3239; and one sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 357.
Only very few closely related examples are known, including one sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2012, lot 3239; and one sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 357.