17TH/18TH CENTURY

Two other similar pairs of weiqi jars are published. One in huanghuali, dated to the late 17th or early 18th century, is illustrated by S. Handler in Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, University of California, 2001, p. 200, no. 12.18; and another pair carved from zitan in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing was included in the exhibition catalogue Qing Legacies - the Sumptuous Art of Imperial Packaging, Macau Museum of Art, 2000, p. 194, no. 94.