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Lot Essay
A bottle vase of this pattern and with the same 'G' mark is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 142, no. 113.
Compare the two similar bottle vases with the same mark illustrated by E. J. Sullivan, The Taft Museum: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 1995, p. 651, no. 1931.83, 85, where it is noted that the mark may "refer to one of the Dutch East India companies that may have ordered these vases".
Compare the two similar bottle vases with the same mark illustrated by E. J. Sullivan, The Taft Museum: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 1995, p. 651, no. 1931.83, 85, where it is noted that the mark may "refer to one of the Dutch East India companies that may have ordered these vases".