each molded to resemble the tapering form of a rhinoceros horn libation cup, an inebriated scholar molded to one side and the reverse with figures playing chess amidst rocks and foliage, stands (4). Width of larger 5 in., 12.7 cm 

Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20th February 1975, lot 214.

Exhibition: The larger example: Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain, China Institute Gallery, New York, 2002, cat. no. 19.

Notes: For similar examples with variations on chess players see one illustrated in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 24A, from the author's collection; and another in the Hickley Collection, illustrated in Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, pl. 127.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM