Lot Essay
For a similar example of the same size, attributed to the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang County, Fujian Province, in the Baur collection, see J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, Vol. 1, p. 96, no.50 (12.5 cm. diam.). Another similar example, without the metal mount, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is illustrated by R. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers — Chinese Brown-And Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, p. 220, no.83 (12.1 cm. diam.).