A Blue and White Porcelain Jar

A Blue and White Porcelain Jar
Choson Period (18th century)
Of lantern form with raised ring foot and upright circular neck, decorated in medium and dark underglaze cobalt-blue with four large roundels of flowers within double-line borders: a banana tree; pinks, orchid and rock; bamboo and plum; and chrysanthemums, orchid and rock; the collar encircled by a collar of clouds and the foot by a single line; the jar also applied with a transparent glaze, foot rim unglazed
12¾in. (32.5cm.) high; 12 1/8in. (31cm.) diameter