The body is decorated with an applied dragon chasing after a flaming pearl, above a band of upright petals. The cover is surmounted by a bird-form finial. Both are covered with an unctuous crackled glaze of soft sea-green colour, the rims unglazed revealing the buff body..
Provenance: The Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (1904-1978).
Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 29 May 2019
