The ewer is inscribed on one side with a poem describing the moon, in reference to the shape of the ewer.

Provenance: A. W. Bahr Collection.
Edna Helen Bahr, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 11 December 1959.
Dr. and Mrs. William L Corbin Collection.
Christies New York, 17 September 2010, lot 1391 (part).

Exhibited: Portland Art Museum, Selections from the William and Winifred Corbin Collection of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, 1-29 March 1964, no. 48.

Christie's. Important Chinese Art Including the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman, New York, 22 march 2024.