A Small Blue and White 'Melon' Jar, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1736)
Lot 1460. A Small Blue and White 'Melon' Jar, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1736); 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price realised USD 92,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
The body is divided into six lobes decorated with fruiting melon vines of varying composition, and tapers from the rounded shoulder to the foot of conforming outline.
清雍正 青花瓜瓞綿綿紋瓜棱式小罐 六字楷書款
Note: A similar vase of the same small size, also with Yongzheng mark, is illustrated by R. Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and J. Thompson in Imperial Perfection, The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors: a Selection from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 44-5.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part II, 13 September 2012. New York, Rockefeller Plaza