Lot Essay
Cf. the similar 'twin ducks' jar illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd, Porslinet fran Kina, pl.73 (top left); and another, without cover, illustrated by R.-Y. Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, p.110, pl.L (D).
See the related Annamese jar, the only one of its type, illustrated by W.Willetts, Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, 1971, no.85, and subsequently in Straits Times Annual, 1981, pp.57-8, and exhibited by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, in Vietnamese Ceramics, Catalogue, no.103, which was sold in these Rooms, 7 December 1984, lot 76
See the related Annamese jar, the only one of its type, illustrated by W.Willetts, Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, 1971, no.85, and subsequently in Straits Times Annual, 1981, pp.57-8, and exhibited by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, in Vietnamese Ceramics, Catalogue, no.103, which was sold in these Rooms, 7 December 1984, lot 76