Of globular form with a short foot and slightly everted mouth rim, incised with two sinuous chilong amongst lingzhi and scrolling foliage, covered overall in an even pale celadon glaze, the base with a spurious six-character Xuande mark in underglaze-blue.

Note: A similarly shaped waterpot dating to the the Kangxi period in a white glaze, from the Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall was sold at Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 125. Compare also a yellow- glazed Kangxi waterpot of similar shape and decoration from the collection of George Francis Warre, CBE, sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2008, lot 240..

Christie's. The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 31 May 2010