Lot 817.  A rare blue and white octagonal jarlet, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735); 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 60,000. © Christie's  Images Ltd 2020.

Each facet finely painted with vertical leafy lingzhi scroll below the small, flared mouth.

Provenance: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1990.

Note: A similar Yongzheng-marked jarlet, also with a lingzhi pattern, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi gugong bowuyuan zang (Porcelain from the Qing Dynasty Imperial Kilns in the Palace Museum), Vol. 1, Part II, Beijing, 2005, pl. 26.
For a Ming-dynasty, fifteenth-century prototype of the present jar, see the lobed jar with blue and white floral and fruit decoration from the collection of C. P. Lin, illustrated by R. Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration. Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, London, 1992, no. 28.

Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part I, New York, 24 September 2020