Painted with a fanciful scene of horses and various animals and mythical beasts in a landscape, three shown in a pond, all below three cloud cartouches, two enclosing a five-clawed scaly dragon, the third a water buffalo seen from behind, with a narrow band of conjoined quatrefoils alternately centered by a lingzhi sprig or a coiled dragon, with a decorative band above the foot and a band of classic scroll encircling the neck.

Provenance: John Pullan Collection.
Spink & Son Ltd., London.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 22 March 2007