A QING DYNASTY NONYA POLYCHROME JAR AND COVER
late 19th century
32 cm high
Of ovoid form with a flat circular cover with a small flame-shaped handle, painted on the exterior with multicoloured vertical stripes overdecorated with birds and flowers compositions.

Provenance: Acquired before 1975.

A vase with similar decoration is in the Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres (see L’Odyssée de la porcelline chinoise. Collections du Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres et du Musée National Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, edited by C. Shimizu, Paris 2003, n. 202). See also Ho Wing Meng, Straits Chinese Porcelain. A Collector’s Guide, Singapore 1983, p. 97.