KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

A similar weight, described as a "box for perfumed herbs," but decorated with smaller flowers, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated by W.E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1949, vol. II, p. 577. Another described as a "document weight" was included in the Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1 November - 30 April 1942, no. 711.