the robustly-potted pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a narrow waisted neck with widely flaring rim, set to one side with a strap handle and to the other with a short cylindrical spout, covered overall with a creamy-white glaze falling short of the foot in a neat line to reveal the pinkish-white body .

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 229.

The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 50.

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