the deep U-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a gently everted rim, covered overall in a pale green-tinged glaze falling in a neat line short of the solid base to reveal the pinkish-buff body, the base later inscribed in ink with two characters.

Exhibited: Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 71, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.

Literature: Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002 pl. 494.

Sotheby's. Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares, London, 14 May 2008