Lot Essay
A very comparable ducai jardiniere is illustrated in J. Spencer, Selected Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Chang Foundation, Taipei 1990, pp.274-275, pl.118. Another one, but of slightly different shape and decoration, is illustrated in Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol.5, Taipei 1991, p.50