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Lot Essay
Compare a white-glazed jue from the Qianlong period sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 April 1996, lot 718. A Jiaqing-period jue with a similar design was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4153.
White-glazed porcelain for sacrifical ceremonies was recorded to have been commissioned as early as the Hongwu emperor (1368-1398). A white porcelain jue was excavated from the site of the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in 1982 from the early Yongle (1403-1425) strata and included in the Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods Excavated from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, and illustrated in the Catalogue, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 116.
White-glazed porcelain for sacrifical ceremonies was recorded to have been commissioned as early as the Hongwu emperor (1368-1398). A white porcelain jue was excavated from the site of the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in 1982 from the early Yongle (1403-1425) strata and included in the Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods Excavated from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, and illustrated in the Catalogue, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 116.