Lot 3108. A rare small blue and white 'Floral Scroll' jar, Mark and period of Xuande (1426-1435); 12.3 cm., 4 7/8  in. Estimate 500,000 - 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 625,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the tapered ovoid body rising at an angle from a recessed splayed foot to a short narrow rim, freely painted in deep cobalt tones accented with 'heaping and piling' with a composite floral scroll of the four seasons, peony, lotus, double-chrysanthemum and camellia, borne on a continuous stem with attendant buds and corresponding leaves, between borders of ruyi trefoils encircling the shoulder and the base, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark between double circles.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st May 2001, lot 508.