Details
The jar is decorated on the body with a wide band of lotus scroll, between a ruyi-head border on the shoulder and lotus lappets on the foot; together with a large fahua pear-shaped vase molded with chrysanthemums, insects and birds.
11 in. (27.5 cm.) high; 1614 in. (41.1 cm.) high


Provenance
First:
Grace Brown Palmer Collection, Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1967.

Second:
Janis H. Palmer (1917-1984) Collection, before 1973.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1973.
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