Lot Essay
See a closely related Yongzheng example from the Qing court, which is similar in size and with plantain leaf decoration, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p.165, pl.149 (fig. 1), where it is mentioned that the shape of the vase is an imitation of an archaic bronze zun.