with rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim, set with two loop handles in the form of fish-dragons joined by a raised fillet encircling the exterior, applied overall with a rich purple glaze thinning to white towards the rim and on the handles.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1989, lot 151. 

Sotheby's. Playthings From The Collection of Edward T. Chow - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Collections -Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor - Asian Lacquer. Hong Kong, 27 may 2014