A QING DYNASTY POLYCHROME SUGAR POT AND COVER late 18th century 13,5 cm high Provenance: Acquired before 1975. A sugar pot of similar shape is illustrated in D. Howard – J. Ayers, China for the West. Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, 2 voll., London – New York 1978: II, p. 479, n. 492; see also D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader. The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, Minneapolis 1994, p. 171, n. 192.