.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
For a similar example dated to the Ming dynasty, see Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, p. 114, pl. LII C
A closely related example of almost the same height (36.1 cm. high) dated to the Yongzheng period in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Study, p. 290, no. 591 (fig. 1). The reserved white areas of the Asian Art Museum meiping appear to have a network of crackles which probably occurred during its rapid cooling after the firing process. The same crackling also occurs on a similar reverse-decorated vase of this form in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Blue-and-white Ware of The Ming Dynasty, Book I, p. 64, pl. 12, originally catalogued with an early Ming date but most probably of the early Qing period. The Taiwan example is discussed by Soame Jenyns, T.O.C.S., vol. 31, 1957-59, A Visit to Pie-kou, Taiwan, p. 56, pl. 15a.
Another similarly decorated Ming vase of a slightly different shape can be seen in the Chang Foundation exhibition catalogue, Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain Excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1996, no. 66.
A closely related example of almost the same height (36.1 cm. high) dated to the Yongzheng period in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Study, p. 290, no. 591 (fig. 1). The reserved white areas of the Asian Art Museum meiping appear to have a network of crackles which probably occurred during its rapid cooling after the firing process. The same crackling also occurs on a similar reverse-decorated vase of this form in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Blue-and-white Ware of The Ming Dynasty, Book I, p. 64, pl. 12, originally catalogued with an early Ming date but most probably of the early Qing period. The Taiwan example is discussed by Soame Jenyns, T.O.C.S., vol. 31, 1957-59, A Visit to Pie-kou, Taiwan, p. 56, pl. 15a.
Another similarly decorated Ming vase of a slightly different shape can be seen in the Chang Foundation exhibition catalogue, Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain Excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1996, no. 66.