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A FINE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL JAR AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
A FINE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL JAR AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The jar is well painted in the Ming-style to simulate 'heaping and piling'. The main register on the mid-body is decorated with five lotus blooms, each flower is encircled by its stem and set within a star-pattern formed by ten rhomboid petals, all against a complex geometric pattern-ground and bordered by breaking waves, between bands of scrolling lotus. The waisted neck is painted with further crested waves, supported on a low foot ring designed with half-flowerheads. The domed cover is similarly decorated and surmounted by a globular finial. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.) high, box