Lot Essay
Cf. a few rare examples of this type, two from the National Palace Museum are illustrated in the Catalogue, Fine Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Yung-Cheng Period, Book II, 1967, pls. 34 and 35; one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by R. Kerr (ed.), Chinese Art and Design. The T. T. Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, 1991, pl. 92 (right); and a slightly smaller piece was included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition, Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the T. Y. Chao Family Foundation, 1978, Catalogue, no. 99.
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