A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE GLOBULAR JAR
A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE GLOBULAR JAR
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A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE GLOBULAR JAR

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE GLOBULAR JAR
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The finely potted rounded sides rising from a raised footring to a narrow straight neck, painted in penciled outline and cobalt washes with a broad continuous band of five lotus flowerheads and curled jagged leaves borne on thin meandering stems, all between bands of overlapping lappets at the shoulder encircling the foot and a ruyi collar to the short neck
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
S.C. Coles Collection, London
Previously sold at Phillips, London, 8 June 1994, lot 476

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Lot Essay

This very rare jar is based on an earlier Yongzheng period prototype such as the example sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 May 1986, lot 67. Compare also with a similarly decorated Qianlong-marked blue and white bottle vase sold at Christie's London, 9 November 2010, lot 306. The design is also found on much larger Qianlong-marked jars such as a large ovoid jar sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1461.

S.C. Coles was an antiquarian book dealer with a shop near the British Museum in the 1940s. A keen collector of Chinese ceramics and a close friend of Soame Jenyns, he was an active member of the Oriental Ceramics Society and he lent a number of pieces from his own collection for Oriental Ceramics Society exhibitions.

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