of archaic gu shape, the exterior modelled in relief with pavilions within a continuous riverside landscape detailed with tall paulownia and pine trees and craggy rockwork at the foot and neck, the central protruding section decorated with the sanduo on gnarled leafy branches, painted in underglaze blue, copper-red and celadon glaze, the base with an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark in underglaze blue.
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 6th November 1973, lot 34.
Sotheby's London, 19th June 1984, lot 340.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1987, lot 477.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 07 november 2018, 10.30 AM
