KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

A few vases with this elegant combination of shape and glaze have been published. A pair of the same size from the collection of Richard Bennett, Esq., is published by E. Gorer and J. F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, vol. II, London, 1911, pl. 161. One in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco of slightly smaller size (8¼ in.) is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1996, p. 279, no. 541. And another (also 8¼ in.) is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 94, no. 87, where the glaze is called sky blue.