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Lot Essay
A water pot of this shape and design also with a Kangxi reign mark, is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p.42, pl.25 (fig. 1); another waterpot, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 2801; and one in the Baur Collection, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, vol. 2, London, 1991, no. 148.
Also included in this rare group of scholars desk vessels are globular water pots decorated with a very similar rose motif design, such as the example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, op.cit., p.41, pl.24; and one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, The Au Bak Ling Collection, 26 September 2024, lot 8.
Also included in this rare group of scholars desk vessels are globular water pots decorated with a very similar rose motif design, such as the example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, op.cit., p.41, pl.24; and one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, The Au Bak Ling Collection, 26 September 2024, lot 8.