The elegant ovoid body rising from a short tapering foot to narrow trumpet neck, The rounded shoulder set to one side with a triple-stranded strap handle tied with three knotted bands, and to the opposite with a short monster mask spout, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze suffused with in mottled reddish-brown splashes, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the grayish buff body, 10.8 inch high. Provenance: Property of a Vancouver, Canada estate by descent.