16TH-17TH CENTURY

Compare the similar beaker vase of somewhat larger size (7½ in.) incised with a Hu Wenming zhi mark inside the foot illustrated by P. Moss in Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1984, pp. 268-69, no. 123, where it is dated Wanli period, ca. 1600.