the ovoid body rising from a short tapering foot to a narrow trumpet neck, set to one side with a triple-stranded strap handle tied with a band of clay at the top, and to the other with a short spout, covered overall in a white slip and a creamy-white glaze suffused with a fine crackle, the flat base unglazed to reveal the greyish body.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 232 

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