Lot Essay
Water pots of this size and shape are rare. A pair of almost identical examples formerly in the J.M. Hu Collection is illustrated in Zhandelou zhencang lidai mingci jingpu, vol. III, Hong Kong, 1950, pl. 134, p. 112. Two Kangxi examples of comparable size and shape, one in red glaze and the other in green, are illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 19-20, nos. 16-17.