Lot Essay
These vases are illustrated by Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, p.151, pl.202,
This group of wares has been considered absolutely genuine until recently, some modern scholars question whether any ceramics at all which bear Hongxian reign marks were in fact made during the very brief period of his reign.
This group of wares has been considered absolutely genuine until recently, some modern scholars question whether any ceramics at all which bear Hongxian reign marks were in fact made during the very brief period of his reign.