Note: The present jardiniere illustrates a scene and the text from the famous Ode to the Red Cliff, composed by the celebrated Northern Song poet, Su Shi (1037-1096), to commemorate his trips to the historical battlefield of the Red Cliff during his political exile.

A Kangxi-period blue and white brush pot decorated with a similar scene on one side and inscribed on the reverse with an excerpt from the Latter Ode to the Red Cliff, was sold at Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 196. See, also, the large blue and white ‘phoenix-tail’ dated by inscription to 1713 which is decorated with a very similar scene on one side and inscribed on the reverse with the Latter Ode to the Red Cliff, sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2006, lot 284.