A creamy-white crackle-glazed compressed globular jardinière, China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000. Price Realized $3,750. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The wide, rounded body rising to a short neck and covered in a warm white glaze suffused with a pale golden crackle - 6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high, wood stand 

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1985.

Literature: A. Juliano, “Robert H. Ellsworth Treasures the East,” Architectural Digest, October 1985, p. 106.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART III - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: QING CERAMICS, GLASS AND JADE CARVINGS, 19 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.