Elegantly potted with an ovoid body tapering to a short splayed foot, surmounted by a bamboo-shaped neck flaring to a dish-shaped mouth, the body carved with fishes amidst aquatic plants above lotus petal band around the foot, the shoulder carved with overlapping radiating lappets,covered overall with a clear ivory-white glaze of even tone, the rim and foot mounted with gilt-metal band, the unglazed foot exposing the white biscuit body, 7 inch high. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Reri Fujimura, Berkeley, California, by descent