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Lot Essay
Kendis of this unusual form are in several museum collections, including the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, illustrated in Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989, pl. 234, p. 181, or the Ardebil Shrine, Tehran, illustrated by John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, London, 1981, plate 97, no. 29.465, and two in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by Krahl & Ayers, Chinese Porcelains in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. II, nos. 1296 and 1297, pp. 730 and 731.
Compare with similar examples sold in our London Rooms, 7 November 2006, lot 254 and in Sotheby's, London, 5 November 2008, lot 300
Compare with similar examples sold in our London Rooms, 7 November 2006, lot 254 and in Sotheby's, London, 5 November 2008, lot 300