Lot Essay
For an identical yellow jar with Kangxi six-character mark in the Percival David Foundation see John Ayers and Masahiko Sato, Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 15, Ch'ing Dynasty, pl. 257; another in A Special Exhibition of Qing Monochrome-glazed Porcelains, Catalogue, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, pl.21; and also an unmarked example illustrated by John Ayers in The Baur Collection, vol. 3, pl. A456. See, also, a pale green-glazed jar dated to the Shunzhi period (c. 1650-1660) included in the exhibition, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, illustrated by Sir Michael Butler, Margaret Medley and Stephen Little in the Catalogue, 1990, col. pl. 75
See the set of three single jars glazed in green, yellow and aubergine sold in these rooms June 3, 1994, lot 235
See the set of three single jars glazed in green, yellow and aubergine sold in these rooms June 3, 1994, lot 235