A Chinese blue and white jar and cover, Ming Dynasty, 16th century, potted with gently curving rounded sides, painted with six roundels enclosing peony, camellia, lotus, chrysanthemum and pomegranate, decorated on the shoulder with a band of ruyi heads and and a band of petal lappets above the base, the base inscribed with a four-character yutang jiaqi mark, 25cm high, Japanese wood box Provenance: Bought by Colonel W. R. Hodgson in Tokyo in the early 1950's on the advice of Professor Fujio Koyama (小山冨士夫) of Tokyo National Museum and by direct descent to the current owner. Compare with a blue and white bowl with similar roundels in the British Museum, reference number C627 明16世纪 青花“玉堂佳器”款花果纹盖罐 拍品来源：W. R. Hodgson 上校于上世纪五十年代在日本知名的宋瓷学者、东洋陶瓷学会委员长小山富士夫教授指导下于东京所购