拍品專文
A jar of this design with a cover from the British Museum, London, is attributed to the early 15th Century by Harry Garner, cf. Oriental Blue and White, fig. . Cf. also Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol.5, col.pl.58
Two unpainted white-glazed guan of this squat form from the Yongle period called 'chess jars' are recorded. A covered example was included in the National Palace Museum of Taipei's Special Exhibition of Early Ming Porcelain, Catalogue, pl.no.55. The second jar, also white-glazed and with anhua decoration, from the J.M. Hu Family Collection, was sold in New York, 4 June 1985, lot 1
Three other blue and white jars of this design all bearing Chenghua six-character marks are known to exist. An example from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the Special Exhibition of Ch'eng-Hua Porcelain, illustrated on the cover of the Catalogue; another is illustrated in Mayuyama Seventy Years, vol.I, no.792; the last was sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 750
Two unpainted white-glazed guan of this squat form from the Yongle period called 'chess jars' are recorded. A covered example was included in the National Palace Museum of Taipei's Special Exhibition of Early Ming Porcelain, Catalogue, pl.no.55. The second jar, also white-glazed and with anhua decoration, from the J.M. Hu Family Collection, was sold in New York, 4 June 1985, lot 1
Three other blue and white jars of this design all bearing Chenghua six-character marks are known to exist. An example from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the Special Exhibition of Ch'eng-Hua Porcelain, illustrated on the cover of the Catalogue; another is illustrated in Mayuyama Seventy Years, vol.I, no.792; the last was sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 750