The compressed body with four concave horizontal ribs below a border containing curled dragons, repeated on the cover, applied with a pair of animal mask in high relief issuing ring handles, the patina with green and blue encrustations, stand, box.

Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 7 July 2003, lot 615.

Christie's. The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 31 May 2010