Compare a miniature Kangxi-marked altar set comprising a pair of candle-stands, a pair of globular vases and a censer, from the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, nos. 26-28. It appears that Kangxi-marked cloisonné enamel wares are extremely rare. One of the reasons for the scarcity was probably due to the Emperor's new found interest in the technologies of painted enamels which were being developed at the time, ibid., p. 27.

A related Kangxi-marked bottle vase of similar lotus scroll design from the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Jinshu Tai Falang Qi, 'Gilt-decorated Enamel Wares', Beijing, no. 81, measuring 12 cm. high. The Bejing bottle vase, as with the present lot, are both cast with broad footrings that are probably inspired from Ming dynasty examples, such as the illustrated vase, ibid., no. 22, dated to the Xuande period.