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Cf. several published unmarked examples of this size illustrated in Underglaze Blue and Red, pl. 52, for an example in the Shanghai Museum; the Min Chiu Society Exhibition, An Anthology of Chinese Art, 1985, Catalogue, no. 148; Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, 1981, vol. 5, The British Museum, no. 164; and another in the Percival David Foundation by Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, pl. 35.
For a discussion of the origins of this form in the Near East, see Gray, 'The Influence of Near Eastern Metalwork on Chinese Ceramics', T.O.C.S., vol. 18, 1940-41, p. 57 and pl. 7F, for a Xuande-marked flask from the Hay and R.H.R. Palmer Collections sold in these Rooms, 17 January 1989, lot 566.
Previously sold in London, 6 April 1976, lot 112
For a discussion of the origins of this form in the Near East, see Gray, 'The Influence of Near Eastern Metalwork on Chinese Ceramics', T.O.C.S., vol. 18, 1940-41, p. 57 and pl. 7F, for a Xuande-marked flask from the Hay and R.H.R. Palmer Collections sold in these Rooms, 17 January 1989, lot 566.
Previously sold in London, 6 April 1976, lot 112