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The Qing Court Collection; image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing Image courtesy of the Nanjing Museum

Gugong bowuyuan yuankan, no.6, 2002, pp.114-123, which shows a
blue and white brushpot signed by Yu Gonzi; Lu argues tenuously that
Yu Gongzi possibly inscribed the calligraphy for the Shou character
zun vases. See a blue and white brushpot with the 'Ode to Red Cliff',
Wenzhang shandou mark, signed by Gong Yuzi, illustrated in Qing
Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci, Beijing, 2005, no.213. Another
blue and white brushpot signed by Gong Yuzi, decorated with Shou
characters, is in a private collection in Beijing and referenced by
Zhonghan auction. However, the design is slightly different as it is
not continuously around the vessel and has a title, and although the
characters are indeed related, they are not the same as on the present
brushpot.
In light of the present lot's channelled foot ring pointing to an early
Kangxi date, the dictionary republished in 1670, the razing of the
Imperial kilns in 1674, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's
birthday in 1673 and the generally accepted date by scholars that
other porcelain vases with Shou characters were made for that
occasion, it can be argued that the present lot was made for an
Imperial birthday between 1670-1673.

Compare with a blue and white vase with Shou characters, Kangxi,
which was sold at Zhonghan Hong Kong, 29 November 2018, lot 1.

Lot 13 (underside)

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