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Record: sotheby’s Hong Kong, on May 20, 1981, no. 720 at Christie’s in Hong Kong, March 20, 1990, no. 547
note: with the Numbers 824, 831, 824, 848, 875, 883, 908, 934 items were Wen Jing in old Tibet. the wanli, according to the kiln with the modelling of novel with unique to dragon, as small as four cylinder gear, etc., is uniquely wanli once more, with all kinds of square, polygon shape, flower mouth of among them such as irregular cans, cover cover box of the most remarkable, items such as varieties; At home and abroad and private collections of record, did not see the shape and decorative pattern are the same, and covering and beast button are well preserved, precious rare. octagonal cricket cans, the shape is shown Yu Geng treasure chang in the Ming and qing dynasties porcelain appraisal five “of” wanli shape plan, cricket cans for the wanli period of the palace. Rabbit button is set on embedded flat cover, the outer wall and covering draw colorful hole Shi Siji figure flowers, dragonflies, butterflies, branches, and noisy image brilliance, glaze, apply color bright, blue and white hair color slightly grey, are the typical characteristics of wanli period. according to Wang Shixiang “said gourd, rabbit, it shall be an induction of the locust, Huan home to rabbit should be long and has a front of sticky Yu Changzhen the eye of a needle, twist the needle must move, tolls, autumn insect wings. Of items covering with rabbit button is very strange, it serves to show the traditional origin is very early.
see: “(Taipei), bright color porcelain three porcelain of the imperial palace, the Palace Museum, Taipei 1966, 40 pages, figure 6 the Ming and qing dynasties porcelain appraisal, the Forbidden City publishing house, two wood press, 1993, pp. 146, the figure 264 ” the Palace Museum hid treasures series – color, the color “, Shanghai science and technology publishing house, the commercial press (Hong Kong) co., LTD., 1999, 35 pages, figure 32 number 872 items for Wen Jing in old Tibet |