Lot Essay
A similar vase is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, no. 938; one was included in the exhibition National Treasures - Gems of China's Cultural Relics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1997, illustrated in the Catalogue, pp. 352-353; one included in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition of Monochrome Ceramics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 100, and subsequently sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 2000, lot 378; and another, previously from the Tsui Museum of Art, sold in these Rooms, 28 October 2002, lot 724.