A similar but larger comparable example is in Bishmon-do Temple, previously in the possession of a branch of the Tokugawa, the former Daiymos of Kishu, illustrated by G. St. G. M. Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, 1980, ed., pl. 78; compare also to two other phoenix-handled examples in the same book, one from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and one from the Yomei Bunko Collection, illustrated as colour plate G. and pl. 80 respectively. A very similar larger vase with phoenix handles was sold in these Rooms 18 March 1991, lot 509.

Mino and Tsiang also illustrate the famous Bishmon-do Temple vase, and record that it has been named Bansei or 'Ten Thousand Cries' and is considered a National Treasure of Japan. For a discussion on this group, and comparisons with other Kinuta vases in important collections in Japan and elsewhere, see Ice and Green Clouds, pp. 192-195, pls. 78-78h.

Another similar example, with crisply-moulded phoenix handles, in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, is included in their publication, Lung-Chuan Ware of the Song Dynasty, pls. 5-5a.