Lot Essay
A wine pot of this type with an arched dragon finial is illustrated by Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1967, pl. 60 C
Ewers of this design with the same knop are illustrated by W.B. Honey, Guide to Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1927, pl. 109f, in the Victoria and Albert Museum; by Judith and Arthur Hart Burling, Chinese Art, New York, 1953, p. 192 (bottom), in the City Art Museum of St. Louis; by Bahr, Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, pl. XVIII; and by S. W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, New York, 1980 (republished from a 1896 edition), pl. XIII (right), in the Walters Collection
A ewer of this form, with simple knop, was found by Captain Michael Hatcher in 1983 in the cargo of a shipwreck in the South China Seas in which two pieces were dated by inscription to 1643, illustrated by Ayers, "Blanc de Chine, Some Reflections", T.O.C.S., vol. 51, 1986-1987, pl. 7 (bottom right), together with the example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, op. cit. The Hatcher example was sold in our Amsterdam rooms, March 14, 1984, lot 303
Ewers of this design with the same knop are illustrated by W.B. Honey, Guide to Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1927, pl. 109f, in the Victoria and Albert Museum; by Judith and Arthur Hart Burling, Chinese Art, New York, 1953, p. 192 (bottom), in the City Art Museum of St. Louis; by Bahr, Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, pl. XVIII; and by S. W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, New York, 1980 (republished from a 1896 edition), pl. XIII (right), in the Walters Collection
A ewer of this form, with simple knop, was found by Captain Michael Hatcher in 1983 in the cargo of a shipwreck in the South China Seas in which two pieces were dated by inscription to 1643, illustrated by Ayers, "Blanc de Chine, Some Reflections", T.O.C.S., vol. 51, 1986-1987, pl. 7 (bottom right), together with the example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, op. cit. The Hatcher example was sold in our Amsterdam rooms, March 14, 1984, lot 303