This jardinière belongs to a group of jardinières variously decorated in imitation of wood, all encircled by braided bands and all bearing the same unusual Yongzheng six-character mark. For a similarly striped vessel of different shape see the tub in the Baur Collection, illustrated by John Ayers in the Catalogue, vol. IV, Geneva, 1974, no. A 642; and another similar in shape to the Baur example with the vertical stripes in black and pale pinkish mauve on the exterior and a wood grain on the interior and base was sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 302. A jardinière of the same shape as the present example, also raised on four supports, but decorated with wood grain on the exterior only, is illustrated in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 317, no. 146. A smaller jardinière (diam. 16.5cm.) in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, which is similar to the Palace Museum example, is illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, vol. 5, Taiwan, 1991, p. 129