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A Chinese porcelain jar and cover decorated in underglaze blue, the body with four cartouches enclosing plants and flowers each divided by panels of geometric pattern between ruyi heads, the shoulder with a similar decoration, auspicious symbols and flowers to the neck, China, Ming dynasty, ca. 1600-1625. Literature: John Ayers, 'Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen', Royal Collection Trust, london, 2016. Volume 1, Page 114-115, catalogue entries 214 and 215 for similar jars. -H. 40 cm, body crack to the jar, extensive chipping to the internal rim of the cover, chip to the rim of the cover and two hairline cracks-