Porcelain jar with underglaze blue decoration, circa 1610-1630. Tianqi-Chongzhen period, Ming dynasty. Registration number: 1963,0520.4 © The Trustees of the British Museum This heavily potted ovoid jar has a short neck with an out-turned rim. It is painted...

Porcelain jar with underglaze blue and applied decoration, circa 1610-1630. Tianqi-Chongzhen period, Ming dynasty. Registration number: Franks.1397.a. © The Trustees of the British Museum This small six-lobed jar has a high foot and a low neck with out-turned...

Lot 156. A rare blue and white jar for the Portuguese Market, Ming Dynasty, circa 1610-1630; 12.2cm., 4 7/8 in. Estimate 8,000-12,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,000 GBP . Photo Sotheby's blue and whitethe hexalobed ovoid body rising from raised hollow foot to a...

Lot 178. A rare blue and white jar for the Portuguese market, circa 1610-1630; 11.5cm., 4 1/2 in. Estimate 3,500—4,500 GBP. Lot sold 4,750 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2009 the hexa-lobed ovoid body rising from a knopped domed foot to a short waisted neck,...