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A very similar example exhibited at the Exhibition of Ancient
Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of the Kau Chi Society
of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 113, was previously sold in
our London rooms, 6th July 1976, lot 209, and in these rooms
again, 10th April 2006, lot 1677.
Yongzheng vases of this cylindrical shape can be found
decorated with a number of differently arranged flower
scroll designs. See a vase of this form but with a band of
mixed flower scroll painted on the body, from the T.Y. Chao
collection, sold in these rooms, 19th May 1987, lot 275, and
again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st October 1991, lot 831,
included in the Exhibition of Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah
Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, 1973, cat. no. 62, and in the Exhibition of Ming and
Ch’ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao Family
Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1978, cat.
no. 84. For another design version of this type of vase, see
a blue and white Yongzheng vase sold in these rooms, 24th
November 1987, lot 67, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong,
30th October 1995, lot 660, painted with a broad frieze of
peaches and pomegranates.
Compare also a Yongzheng ‘lantern-shaped’ storage jar with
a cover, decorated with sprays of auspicious fruits, illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III),
Shanghai, 2000, pl. 104.