The large and heavily cast vessel of globular form raised on cabriole legs, flanked at the shoulder by upright rectangular loop handles, the domed cover surmounted by a raised disc, the central body and cover cast with a dense design of stylised interlocking dragon scroll, a whorl motif cast inside the disc on the cover.

Provenance: Previously sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 137.

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