The tall ovoid body supported on a spreading foot, tapering to a tall slender neck with a cup mouth and upright rim, the neck encircled by bands of raised fillets extending to the shoulder, the sides flanked by a pair grooved channels with bolted strap at ends , the body freely carved with undulating lotus blooms, and covered overall with a white ivory glaze splashed with russet colored spots, the cupped mouth covered with a russet glaze, the partially glazed foot reveal the dense white buff stoneware, 12.3 inch high. Provenance: property from a private estate, by descent. Formerly from the collection of private UK collector Donald Ratcliffe