Lot 431. A blue and white jar, guan, Yuan dynasty (1279-1366); 30 cm, 11 7/8  in. Estimate HKD 200,000 — 300,000. Lot sold HKD 1,375,000 . Photo: Sotheby's.

the baluster body flanked by a pair of lion-mask handles, painted with two broad bands of meandering lotus and peony amidst foliage and curling stems, all above a lappet band, the shoulder collared by a band of lappets enclosing the Buddhist emblems, below a classic scroll and a wave band around the rim and neck. 

Note: Compare a Yuan jar of similar shape and design but larger in size excavated from the tomb of Yang he (1326-1395) and another excavated in the city of Huaian, Jiangsu province, both illustrated in Ye Peilan, Yuandai ciqi, Beijing, 1998, pls. 53 and 52. A third vase of related shape with a cloud collar on the shoulder in the Tianjin Municipal Museum, is included in Tianjin shi yishu bowuguan cang ci, Tianjin, 1993, pl. 69. See also a larger jar of related design sold at Christie's London, 6th June 1988, lot 149. 

Sotheby's. Chinese Art including Selected Works of Art from the T.Y. Chao Family Collection, Hong Kong, 30 Nov 2017