Lot Essay
Compare the waterpot of this type decorated with branches bearing a single rose in underglaze red and a singe rose hip, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 42, pl. 25 and another in the Baur Collection, illustrated by Ayers in the Catalogue, vol. IV, Geneva, 1974, no. A537, where the companion piece, no. A538, is described as having a green seed pod, as does the present example
Another waterpot of this type, but with two blossoms on the branch, was included in the Special Inaugural Exhibition of Ming and Qing Polychrome Wares from the Collection of the Tianminlou Foundation, Christie's, Shanghai, April 23-25, 1994, Catalogue, no. 7. And one of this latter type was sold in these rooms, December 2, 1989, lot 383A
Another waterpot of this type, but with two blossoms on the branch, was included in the Special Inaugural Exhibition of Ming and Qing Polychrome Wares from the Collection of the Tianminlou Foundation, Christie's, Shanghai, April 23-25, 1994, Catalogue, no. 7. And one of this latter type was sold in these rooms, December 2, 1989, lot 383A