| Rare yellow ground jar with Ming style lotus flowers, leaves and tendrils in blue enamel, a band of blue dots around the mouth rim, the glaze pooling perfectly and at the foot rim, an apocryphal four character Qianlong mark in overglazed red on the base. 19th C. 2 1/4 in. high.
Provenance: Atlanta, Georgia estate
Miniature porcelain vases from the 19th C of this quality and shape are rare. This is one of a number of pieces of fine miniature Chinese porcelain vases made during the 19th C and earlier that came from a single collection acquired from an estate in Atlanta, Georgia. |
