with an ovoid body surmounted by a tall tubular neck and flaring rim, all supported on a gently splayed galleried foot, applied overall with a rich and glossy black glaze thinning to a warm brown colour at the rim, the glaze stopping neatly above the foot and revealing the buff stoneware body.

Provenance: Collection of George de Menasce.
Spink & Son, London, 10th-26th May 1972, no. 246.
Collection of Andrew Williams Esq., Oxfordshire.

Exhibited: Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, Chun and Brown Wares, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1952, cat. no. 57.
Jean-Pierre Dubosc, Mostra d'Arte Cinese / Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, no. 498.
The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1960, cat. no. 81.