The compressed globular body supported on a circular recessed foot rising to a waisted neck flanked by a pair handles with everted rim, applied overall with a soft, creamy grey glaze suffused with a matrix of dark and golden crackles stopping neatly above the unglazed footring, 5.8 inch wide. Provenance: From the collections of Fong Chow and Chao-ling Tsien by descent