Lot Essay
Cf. the examples illustrated in various works including, Ming and Qing Porcelain from the Collection of the T.Y.Chao Family Foundation, Catalogue, no.5; Mingdai Taoci Daquan, p.156; J.A.Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, pl.34, no.29.88; J.Ayers, Baur Collection, Catalogue, vol.II, no.A140; Philadelphia Exhibition of Ming Blue and White, 1949, Catalogue, no.38; Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain and Related Underglaze-Red, Catalogue, p.63, no.9; the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Dynasty Porcelain, pl.37; Misugi, Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East, vol.III, no.A36, the example from Ardebil; the Exhibition of Far Eastern Blue and White Porcelain, Tokyo, 1977, Catalogue, no.19; the Exhibition, Arts of the Silk Road, Fuji Art Museum, 1990, Catalogue no.243; and Toji Taikei, no. 42, pl.36