Lot 135. A pair of yellow-glazed jars and covers, Kangxi marks and period (1662-1722). Diameter 14 ⅝ in., 37.2 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 63,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

each heavily potted with an ovoid body surmounted by a short neck with a lipped rim, the exterior of the jars and covers covered overall with a translucent egg-yolk yellow glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue, the cover with a lotus bud finial, wood stands.

Note: Compare a closely related single jar and cover from the Sir Percival David Collection and now in the British Museum, London, included in Rosemary Scott, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch’ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, p. 34, no. A527. Another example from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Ch’ing Dynasty Monochrome Porcelains in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 21. A third example from the E.T. Hall Collection was sold at Christie’s London, 7th June 2004, lot 279.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021