Of broad rounded shoulders rising from a slightly flaring foot to a short neck, the broad body carved in deep relief with a pair three-clawed dragons chasing each other amid 'ruyi' clouds, all between a band of floral lotus scrolls on the shoulder and a band of tall lappet panels enclosing pendant trefoils around the foot, applied overall with an icy bluish white glaze pooling in the recesses to a light turquoise color, the unglazed foot encircling the slightly countersunk base revealing the buff pale stoneware, 14.5 inch wide, 12.5 inch high. Provenance: Property from the estate of Mr. Paul Schmaltz, Maryland, purchased from T.Y. King, Hong Kong. See item 2 on original receipt dated August 12, 1954.