17TH CENTURY

A related incised lavender-glazed vase and cover (38.7 cm.) from the Collection of John and Julia Curtis sold at Christie's New York, 16 March 2015, lot 3721. According to Sir Michael Butler, the lavender blue glaze was not used before the Shunzhi period, and was rare even at that time and into the early Kangxi period. (Michael Butler, Julia B. Curtis and Stephen Little, Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures from an Unknown Reign, 1644-1661, Alexandria, VA, 2002, p. 156). A smaller lavender glaze jar (18 cm high) in the Butler Family Collection is illustrated ibid., p. 157, no. 41.