26 cm.（10 1/4 in.）high

Literature：
Ryoichi Fujioka（ed.），Toji Taikei，vol. 42，Min no Sometsuke，Tokyo，1975，p. 69，no. 79
Mayuyama Seventy Years，Vol. 1，Mayuyama & Co. Ltd.，Tokyo，1976，no. 861
Anthony Du Boulay，Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics，New Jersey，1984，p.128，pl. 4
No other Jiajing jar with this combination of this form and decoration appears to be recorded，explaining why this unique example has been so coveted by collectors in both the West and Japan. Examples of smaller four-sided Jiajing blue and white dragon jars decorated with similar ascending dragons include an example in the Shanghai Museum，illustrated by Lu Minghua，Mingdai Guanyao Ciqi，Shanghai，2007，p. 45，no. 1-55. A large（25.5 cm. high）Longqing mark and period wucai-decorated hexagonal jar of slightly differing form decorated with phoenixes，is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu，Ceramic Art of the World，Vol. 14，Ming Dynasty，Tokyo，1976，p. 209，no. 219.

Provenance：
Christie's London，19th June 1967，lot 87
Mayuyama & Co. Ltd.，Tokyo

Price estimate:
HKD: 1,700,000 - 2,200,000
USD: 219,700 - 284,300

Auction Result:
HKD: 2,301,000