DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

This type of jar can be called ri yue guan ("sun-and-moon-jar"), the cover representing the sun and the crescents the moon, or yueya er guan ("jar with crescent moon handles). Two celadon-glazed jars with covers, of very similar size, colour and shape and bearing Qianlong mark are illustrated in Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular wares, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, volume 5, Taipei 1991, p.196 and in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, volume 2, London 1994, p.211, pl.866