YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Several jars of this design and small size are known including a pair illustrated by John Alexander Pope, Porcelains in the Frick Collection, vol. 7, New York, 1974, p. 69, nos. 124 and 125 (5.4 cm. high); another smaller example (6.2 cm. high) in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 5, Taipei, 1991, p. 90; and a slightly larger jar (8.9 cm.) sold at Christie's New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 2023.