the globular body narrowing at the neck and molded with a raised fillet beneath the lipped rim, the body slip-decorated with a crane, butterflies, and blossoming and leafing lotus plants, the neck with slip-painted rosettes, covered overall in an ivory-toned glaze suffused with craquelure.

Provenance: Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM