the ewer with a globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tall cylindrical neck, the body carved with overlapping lotus petals, set with a curved spout and a loop strap handle, covered overall in a grayish-green glaze stopping just short of the base; the warming bowl with deep sides rising to an everted rim, similarly decorated (2). 

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 1st June 1993, lot 279.
E&J Frankel, New York.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021