Lot 2051. A fine blue and white 'Three Friends' jarlet, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 5.2 cm., 2 in. Estimate 350,000 — 450,000 HD (33,742 — 43,383 EUR). Lot Sold 680,000 HKD (65,556 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's.

superbly potted with slightly curved sides supported on a recessed base, gently rising to a rounded shoulder, surmounted by a waisted neck below a small lipped mouth, finely painted on the exterior in brilliant shades of cobalt blue, with a stem of bamboo and intertwined branches of pine and prunus, all below registers of foliate scrolls and floating clouds, the underside inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark, stand.

Exhibited: Qing Mark and Period Blue and White, S. Marchant & Son Ltd., London, 1984, cat. no. 14.