Lot Essay
Underglaze-blue and pink enamelled wares are rare and no other examples of this shape or decoration appear to have been published.
Cf. a pair of Qianlong-marked elephant-head ewers decorated with pink lotus issuing from an underglaze-blue meander around the body and neck, from the collections of Nathan Bentz and Frederick and Antoinette Van Slyke sold in New York, 31 May 1989, lot 203. Two Qianlong-marked vases with pink flower-heads on underglaze-blue stems are illustrated in the Tokyo National Museum Catalogue, 1965, no. 646 and in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl. 21. Compare also the moonflask combining underglaze-blue and pink enamels depicting phoenixes illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.15, pls.92 and 93, from the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo
Cf. a pair of Qianlong-marked elephant-head ewers decorated with pink lotus issuing from an underglaze-blue meander around the body and neck, from the collections of Nathan Bentz and Frederick and Antoinette Van Slyke sold in New York, 31 May 1989, lot 203. Two Qianlong-marked vases with pink flower-heads on underglaze-blue stems are illustrated in the Tokyo National Museum Catalogue, 1965, no. 646 and in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl. 21. Compare also the moonflask combining underglaze-blue and pink enamels depicting phoenixes illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.15, pls.92 and 93, from the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo