Property from the Alleyne Collection 程氏伉儷收藏A unique incised yellow-glazed 'peony and chrysanthemum' brushpot,Transitional period明末清初 黃釉劃花卉紋筆筒w. 18.7 cm, h. 18.6 cm来源: A & J Speelman Oriental Art, London, May 1979.來源：史博曼，倫敦，1979年5月拍品专文: It is extraordinarily rare to find yellow glazed wares made during the transitional period between the Ming and the Qing dynasty; after the closure of the imperial kilns in the 36th year of Wanli (1608) due to the turbulent political climate, yellow monochrome wares were either very rare or not made at all until the Shunzhi era (r. 1644-61) of the Qing Dynasty, perhaps because yellow glaze was reserved for imperial use only.The present brushpot appears to be unique, with no other similar examples recorded. The only other related example is a transitional yellow-glazed dish incised with lotus and flower scrolls, illustrated in Sir Michael Butler, Julia B. Curtis and Stephen Little, Treasures from an Unknown Reign. Shunzhi Porcelain. 1644-1661, 2002, pl. 38, where the present brushpot was also cross-referenced to in the catalogue entry.Even later during the Shunzhi era, monochrome yellow wares continued to be a remarkably rare specimen; in most cases, they were mainly in the form of dishes, bowls and cups. See a Shunzhi yellow-glazed shallow bowl, with an apocryphal Jiajing mark, illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The Transitional Period 1620-1683, A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, 1986, cat. no. 60. 展出: Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Oriental Ceramics Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 199.Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, on loan, mid-1980s.Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on loan.T.T. Tsui Gallery, Hong Kong, until 2011.展覽：《明末清初瓷展》，香港東方陶瓷學會，香港藝術館，香港，1981年，編號199阿什莫林博物館，牛津，借展，1980年代中維多利亞與艾爾伯特博物館，倫敦，借展徐展堂中國藝術館，香港，至2011年