A CHINESE WUCAI 'BIRDS' JAR. Transitional period. With an ovoid body painted with a cockerel, other birds and butterflies near a bamboo grove and rockery, all against a red scaly pattern, the shoudler with a band of chevron, the short neck with lappets, 22cm H. 明末清初 青花加彩錦雞花鳥圖紋罐 For a similarly decorated jar see Shunzhi Porcelain, M. Butler, J.B Curtis and S. Little, 2002 catelogue Art Services International, pp. 118-119, cat. 18.