each with rounded sides tapering to a straight foot, the interior painted in underglaze cobalt-blue with squirrels scurrying amongst fruiting melon vines within double circle borders, the exterior incised with four leafy lotus sprays, encircled around the rim with a classic scroll band, the base with an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark within a double circle. Quantity: 2.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30th April 1991, lot 45.

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31st October 1995, lot 386.