Lot Essay
A similar example from the Musee Guimet is illustrated by Beurdeley and Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 128, no. 171 and in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 7, fig. 180. Another from the Tsui Art Foundation was included in the special exhibition, Gems of Chinese Art, Singapore, 1992, Catalogue, no. 97. A third was included in the exhibition, Selected Pieces from the Collections of the ROC Society of Collectors, Singapore, 1989, Catalogue, no. 115, while a fourth was sold at Christie's New York, 21 September 1995, lot 623 and another at Christie's Paris, 23 November 2004, lot 270.