Lot 2004. A fine Ming-style blue and white cylindrical jar and cover, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

Well painted in the Ming-style to simulate 'heaping and piling', the main register on the mid-body decorated with five lotus blooms, each flower encircled by its stem and set within a star-pattern formed by ten rhomboid petals, all against a complex geometric pattern-ground and bordered by breaking waves, between bands of scrolling lotus, the waisted neck with further crested waves, supported on a low foot ring designed with half-flowerheads, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a globular finial, box.

Provenance: A private collection, Hong Kong

Christie's. The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 31 May 2010