Chinese Qing dynasty polychrome square lidded jar

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Department of the University of Pretoria Art

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This square polychrome lidded jar is decorated with four green panels of different coloured leaves on a dotted yellow background with a fret pattern around the mouth and a pointed border around the base. The base is sunken, glazed and marked with a Qianlong date mark in black on green. The square lid is decorated with one of the Buddhist eight precious objects namely the Cash symbol and a Dog of Fo on the top.

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Lidded jar

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