of archaistic quadrangular form, set on two sides with elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, covered overall save for the foot rim with an unctuous purplish-blue glaze thinning to white along the edges - Height 9 1/2 in., 24.1 cm.
Provenance: Collection of a United States Army General stationed in China, acquired between 1925 and 1948, and thence by descent.
Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York , 17 sept. 2016, 10:00 AM