拍品專文
Jars of this form, produced in five different colors, were made for the imperial altars where the emperor personally made sacrifices.
Compare another yellow example made for the Diqitan, The Altar of Earth, illustrated in The National Palace Museum Special Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, Taipei, 1981, pl. 28; and another yellow-glazed jar from the Nanjing Museum included in the exhibition, Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, The Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1995, fig. 65. See, also, two examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; a pale blue jar made for the Xiyuetan, The Altar of the Moon, and a red example made for the Chaoritan, The Altar of the Sun, both illustrated by R. Kerr, ed., Chinese Art and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1991, pl. 88.
Compare another yellow example made for the Diqitan, The Altar of Earth, illustrated in The National Palace Museum Special Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, Taipei, 1981, pl. 28; and another yellow-glazed jar from the Nanjing Museum included in the exhibition, Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, The Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1995, fig. 65. See, also, two examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; a pale blue jar made for the Xiyuetan, The Altar of the Moon, and a red example made for the Chaoritan, The Altar of the Sun, both illustrated by R. Kerr, ed., Chinese Art and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1991, pl. 88.