Asian Art II - 28th July 2021
Lot 1063
A CHINESE DOUCAI 'LOTUS' JAR
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3500
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Description
A CHINESE DOUCAI 'LOTUS' JAR
SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK BUT PROBABLY LATER
The ovoid body painted with four panels containing stylised lotus flowerheads and leaf scrolls, the cartouches divided by smaller blooms and cloud motifs, with bands of overlapping petals to the shoulder and encircling the foot, together with a hardwood stand, 11.7cm. (2)
Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th November 1977, lot 189 and again 16th May 1989, lot 67 for a jar and cover of this type from the British Rail Pension Fund, but with a Yongzheng mark; see also Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2013, lot 3098 for another with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. For the Chenghua prototype of this design, see Z He, Mingdai taoci daquan, p.212.