A Chinese export porcelain blue and white twin handled jar and cover, Qing Dynasty, early 18th century, panel decorated with archaic vases and rock landscapes, the cover with a Greek key banding and ruyi clouds around the finial, raised on a spreading foot, concentric underglaze blue double circle to the underside, rim chips, 16.5cm high, 11.5cm diameter

Footnote: See Christiaan J.A.Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Philip Wilson 1997 p.111 pl 108 Inv. No. AK-NM 6839 for a similar covered jar. The text notes ; 'Such covered jars may have been used to keep lumps of sugar-candy which was served when drinking tea. For a similar piece decorated in famille verte enamels see Cat. No. 193. The shape is based on a contemporary silver, possibly English, model

Condition Report

Note several rim chips and minor surface scratches throughout

This lot is from alocal vendor and has been in the family for some time. The cover fits the jar but is not a tight fit although normally these are not very tight. The porcelain is the same colour on both pieces although the pattern varies. This does not mean that the cover does not belong but it is difficult to prove either way.

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