Lot 738. A rare small Ming-style blue and white 'lotus' jar, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 4 1/8  in., 10.4 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 7,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of baluster form, well potted with the broad shoulders gently tapering to a recessed base, surmounted by a short, waisted neck with a lipped rim, painted around the body in deep shades of cobalt blue accented by contrived 'heaping and piling' with stylized lotus blossoms borne on meandering foliate scrolls, all between bands of detached leafy florets around the foot and shoulder, the neck encircled by a band of keyfret, the base with a six-character seal mark.

Provenance: Collection of Charles Harrison McClintick.
Christie's New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 354.