Decorated with lotus plants and grasses rising from cresting waves below a garland of beaded chains and precious objects on the shoulder, all outlined in lines of slip and glazed in turquoise, yellow and white reserved on a dark blue ground.

Provenance: John Sparks, Ltd., London. 

Exhibited: A Thousand Miles of Chinese Art, Quantas Gallery, London, April 1966, no. 71.
3500 Years of Chinese Art, Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987.

Christie's. Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 24 March 2011, New York, Rockefeller Plaza