Property of Charles XI, King of Sweden (ruled 1660 - 1697). Blue-and-white tankard with Swedish silver mounts, Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Period (1628 - 1644); tankard 1634 - 1643, mount 1692; Jingdezhen kilns, porcelain, thrown, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue; handle luted to the tankard with slip; silver mounts, 24.3 cm max. (height), with handle 13.5 cm (width), 10 cm (diameter), at base 10 cm (diameter). Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978. EA1978.802. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Bibliography: Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 46 on p. 33, illus. p. 33