Provenance:Private London Collection; formerly the property of a European private collector resident in China between 1925 and 1931.Note:For similar examples, see Chen Lihua (ed.): Many Splendors: Yuan, Ming and Qing Lacquerware from the Chao Collection, no. 71, p. 182-3; Hai-wai Yi-chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Lacquerware, no. 160, p. 163, in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Simon Kwan: Chinese Lacquer (The Muwen Tang Collection Series, Volume 20), no. 116, p. 316-7.