of ovoid form rising from a recessed base to an incurved rim, covered overall in a yellow glaze beneath a transparent glaze streaked with dark brown, faithfully imitating tortoiseshell, the interior and the base glazed yellow, save for the white footring left unglazed, wood stand.

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