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Lot Essay
It is very rare to find doucai vases of this exact form and design, and it appears that only two other examples are known. The first, now in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by Rosemary Scott in Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, London, 1992, p. 128, no. 142, was previously in the Russell Collection, and was also illustrated by Soame Jenyns in Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XLVIII.B. The second, formerly in the collection of H. R. N. Norton, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 465.
The design on this vase was inspired by the Chenghua grapevine pattern, the variations of which can be found on stem cups, wine cups and small dishes. For Chenghua examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see the catalogue of Special Exhibition of Ch’eng-hua Porcelain Ware, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2003, cat.no. 177-183. Compare also the two wine cups in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, p. 197, no. 179.
The design on this vase was inspired by the Chenghua grapevine pattern, the variations of which can be found on stem cups, wine cups and small dishes. For Chenghua examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see the catalogue of Special Exhibition of Ch’eng-hua Porcelain Ware, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2003, cat.no. 177-183. Compare also the two wine cups in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, p. 197, no. 179.