The bearded figure shown seated on a plinth wearing a dragon robe secured by a belt at the waist, one hand resting on his knee holding an ingot and the other hidden inside the long sleeve, the face and exposed hand unglazed.

Provenance: J.P. Morgan, Sr., London and New York. 
J.P. Morgan, Jr., New York, 1913-1915. 
Duveen Brothers, New York, 13 April 1915. 
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York, 1915-1960. 
Estate of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1960. 
Acquired 10 November 1960.

Literature: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, ca. 1907-1915.