Blue-and-white Covered Jar with Interlocking Lotus Design

This blue-and-white jar has a canopy-shaped lid. The panels of the neck have paintings of longevity peaches and characters for longevity,show, as well as a rectangular panel that contains in regular script the characters “Palace of Earthly Tranquility (Kunning gong) sacrificial ware”. It was made during the Xuantong era by the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen specially for ceremonial use in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility.