CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUES EN CACHET A SIX CARACTERES EN BLEU SOUS COUVERTE ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

These ovoid jars and covers are of a well-known form, sometimes called a ri yue guan ('sun and moon jar'), or yueya er guan, ('jar with crescent moon handles'). A celadon-glazed Qianlong jar with cover of this form is illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II, no. 866. One without the cover in the Hong Kong Museum of Art was included in exhibition The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, 1984, Catalogue no. 79, and another in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition of Monochrome Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1977, Catalogue, no. 75. See a similar example sold at Christie's London, 8 November 2011, lot 323.