the elegant pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a narrow waisted neck and flaring cup-shaped mouth, the conical flaring cover surmounted by a lotus-bud finial, covered overall in an ivory-white glaze suffused with a fine crackle and falling in a neat line above the foot to reveal the granular white body. Quantity: 2 .

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 240

Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 454

Sotheby's. Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares, London, 14 May 2008