the lobed globular body raised on three tapering feet, the everted rim supporting two 'rope twist' loop handles, each lobe freely carved with a floral spray below a cloud scroll at the rim, applied overall with a rich sea-green glaze stopping irregularly above the base of the feet to reveal the body burnt orange in the firing.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 24.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM