the robustly-potted compressed pear-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a widely flaring cup-shaped mouth with indented rim, covered overall with a white slip and clear ivory glaze.

ExhibitedExhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 368.

The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 212.

Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 76, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums. 

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, cat. no. 295.

The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 58.

Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 504.

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