Compare with three closely related published examples of this rare shape and design. The first a jar with its cover from the Konoike Family Collection, Osaka, now in the Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Japan, listed as an Important Cultural Property, published in Seikado Art Treasures, The Benrido Co. Ltd, 1992, pl. 131 and again Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 10, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1961, pl. 47; another jar is illustrated by G. Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, London, 1980, pl. 95B; the last from the de Forest collection, illustrated in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London 1935-36, cat. no. 1364 and now in the Percival David Foundation, London, illustrated by Margaret Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares, London, 1977, no. 67