Lot Essay
A similar example from the Nanjing Museum was included in The Exhibition of Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong Reigns, 1995, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 69; and another is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 106. A slightly smaller example (19.8 cm. high) is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. 2, London, 1994, pl. 864. Compare also to an example with its original cover from the Jinguantang Collection sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 571 and again 28 October 2002, lot 723.