Lot Essay
Stembowls of this pattern include an example in the Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, Messrs. Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1973, Catalogue no. 61, and subsequently sold at Sotheby's London, 7 June 1994, lot 379; one from the Porzellansammlung, Dresden, exhibited in the Austellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, 1929, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 1022; one from the Chester Beatty Collection and the Collection of Sir Alfred Aykroyd, included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, Catalogue no. 1740; and another sold in these Rooms, 4 November 1996, lot 785. A stembowl with cover from the Museé Guimet, Paris, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Kodansha Series, Tokyo, 1981, vol. 7, pl. 154; and another was sold in our London Rooms, 6 June 2000, lot 358.