Lot Essay
Cf. a flask of similar size of this type from the Norton Collection sold in London, 5 November 1960, lot 200, now in the art Gallery of New South Wales, and included in their Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics, 1965, Catalogue, no. 116, and another from the Reitlinger Collection illustrated by Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl. XCIV, fig. 1; and to another vase of this size sold in our New York Rooms, 29 November 1990, lot 250.
A larger moonflask of this type in the Hong Kong Museum of Art was included in the Exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Catalogue, no. 66; another is illustrated by Mareband in the article, 'Some Interesting Pieces of Marked Ch'ing Porcelain', H.K.O.C.S. Bulletin, no. 3, 1977-78, figs. 50-53; another example is shown in The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, no. 84.
A larger moonflask of this type in the Hong Kong Museum of Art was included in the Exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Catalogue, no. 66; another is illustrated by Mareband in the article, 'Some Interesting Pieces of Marked Ch'ing Porcelain', H.K.O.C.S. Bulletin, no. 3, 1977-78, figs. 50-53; another example is shown in The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, no. 84.