LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

Compare the present vase to a slightly smaller one (28.8 cm.), dated to the Xuande period and with closely related decoration, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Metal-Bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 26, no. 24. Another very similar vase was included in the exhibition at the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt an Main, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, 1981, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 7.

Compare also the related cloisonné enamel gu-form vase of broader proportions and with a cast Jingtai mark on the base, illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, no. 6.