Well hollowed resting on a protruding oval foot below the slender shoulder, one side decorated with an elderly under the shade of a willow tree, leaning against the fenced pavilion holding a staff in his hand, conversing with a fisherman sailing on his sampan with a tiled fish basket, the reverse with a rider crossing the bridge, followed by his attendant carrying a bundle in his hand, flanked by archaistic inscriptions reading Jiu chuan mai de yu pian mei on one side andTa xue gu lai jiu bei xiang on the other.

PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s London, 5 November 1998, lot 617

H: 7.5 cm