Lot Essay
Not illustrated
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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL JAR
18TH CENTURY
Painted around the body with a continuous geometric pattern with five star-shaped panels each enclosing a lotus sprig, interspersed with variously shaped cell-diapers infilled with stylised flower-heads and foliate motifs, all reserved on a ground of cresting waves between bands of floral scrolls, the vertical neck with further waves, the straight foot with a band of demi-florettes
9 in. (23 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Painted around the body with a continuous geometric pattern with five star-shaped panels each enclosing a lotus sprig, interspersed with variously shaped cell-diapers infilled with stylised flower-heads and foliate motifs, all reserved on a ground of cresting waves between bands of floral scrolls, the vertical neck with further waves, the straight foot with a band of demi-florettes
9 in. (23 cm.) high