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Lot Essay
A slightly larger vase of identical form and design, from the Edward T. Chow Collection, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 413.
The design of plum, lingzhi and moon on the neck of the current vase can also be found on a blue and white dish, dated to the Chenghua period, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and illustrated in the front cover of A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics by Suzanne G. Valenstein, New York, 1989. Compare also to a larger vase of the same form, dated to the 15th century and painted in cobalt blue with plum blossom branches, in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul and illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Ming Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1953, pl. 36B.
The design of plum, lingzhi and moon on the neck of the current vase can also be found on a blue and white dish, dated to the Chenghua period, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and illustrated in the front cover of A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics by Suzanne G. Valenstein, New York, 1989. Compare also to a larger vase of the same form, dated to the 15th century and painted in cobalt blue with plum blossom branches, in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul and illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Ming Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1953, pl. 36B.