Lot Essay
For two 14th Century underglaze red examples with related decoration, which may be the inspiration for this design, see the vase in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in the revised Sekai Toji Zenshu, 1976, vol.13, pl.78, and the ewer now in the Matsuoka Collection, illustrated in Toji Taikei, no.41, pl.78.
Compare the similar vase to the present lot in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl.12, and included in the Museum's Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain, 1986, Catalogue no.72. Others are illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, pl.62; by R. Marchant, Some Interesting Pieces of Marked Ch'ing Porcelains, Hong Kong O.C.S., Bulletin no.3, 1977-78, figs.44-46; and by Liu Liang-Yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol.5, p.179. Compare also the similar vase exhibited, the Kau Chi Society, Ancient Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1981, Catalogue no.119. Another was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 22 and 23 March 1993, lot 801. Blue and white vases of this form and design continued to be made during the reigns of Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu.
Compare the similar vase to the present lot in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl.12, and included in the Museum's Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain, 1986, Catalogue no.72. Others are illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, pl.62; by R. Marchant, Some Interesting Pieces of Marked Ch'ing Porcelains, Hong Kong O.C.S., Bulletin no.3, 1977-78, figs.44-46; and by Liu Liang-Yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol.5, p.179. Compare also the similar vase exhibited, the Kau Chi Society, Ancient Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1981, Catalogue no.119. Another was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 22 and 23 March 1993, lot 801. Blue and white vases of this form and design continued to be made during the reigns of Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu.