KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

Water pots of this form are known as taibai zun, after the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai, who is often depicted leaning against a large wine jar of similar form. They are also known as jizhao zun because their shape resembles basketware chicken coops that are woven with small openings at the top through which the chicks are fed.

Compare the Kangxi peachbloom water pot, formerly in the collections of Emily Trevor and John B. Trevor, Jr., sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 28 May 2014, lot 3301.

For further discussion of peachbloom-glazed wares of the Kangxi period, see the note to lot 913.