CHINA, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

A similar Yongzheng-marked jarlet, also with a lingzhi pattern, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi gugong bowuyuan zang (Porcelain from the Qing Dynasty Imperial Kilns in the Palace Museum), Vol. 1, Part II, Beijing, 2005, pl. 26.
For a Ming-dynasty, fifteenth-century prototype of the present jar, see the lobed jar with blue and white floral and fruit decoration from the collection of C. P. Lin, illustrated by R. Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration. Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, London, 1992, no. 28.