Lot Essay
This form acquired the sobriquet taibo zun from its similarity with the wine jar found beside Li Taibo. It was also known as jichao zun because its shape resembles basketware chicken coops which also have small openings at the top through which the chicks are fed.
Many similar examples in public institutions are illustrated, one in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan Series, Tokyo, 1983, Vol. 15, pp. 34-35, fig. 27, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; another from the Beijing Palace Museum in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 142, col. pl. 125; and by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, A 305, A 310, A 313-A.
Many similar examples in public institutions are illustrated, one in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan Series, Tokyo, 1983, Vol. 15, pp. 34-35, fig. 27, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; another from the Beijing Palace Museum in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 142, col. pl. 125; and by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1972, A 305, A 310, A 313-A.