Lot Essay
Compare with another ru-type vase of this form and date, published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics, II, 1990, no.721, from the collection of Hirota Matsushige; See also a very similar vase sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 30 May 2005, lot 1487 and a pair sold in these Rooms, 22 November 2005, lot 117.