CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)

A pair of similar vases in the British Museum, dated to the late Ming dynasty, is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late Yuan Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 385, nos. 12:80 and 12:81. See, also, a blue and white Chongzhen-period double-gourd vase decorated with a related scene including a two-wheeled cart and attendants, illustrated in R. Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, 1981, Hong Kong, p. 100, no. 41.