The lobed body tapering toward the neck and finished with a ribbed bulb, raised on three figural feet, with a domed cover surmounted by a knob finial as well as applied with a handle and fitted with a sinuous dragon metal tap. Decorated with a crane and its nesting young in pine and plum, all moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels.
HEIGHT 35.5 cm
Condition: The cover has been repaired and the tap is slightly unattached, otherwise good condition with expected wear. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by second generation members of the Holzapfel family after 1970 and has remained in the family ever since.
