GE-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED GROUND FAMILLE VERTE 'SEA MONSTERS' JAR QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 仿哥釉地綠彩海獸紋罐 the sturdily-potted globular body painted with four different sea monsters amidst swirling waves, all against a ge-type crackle-glazed ground suffused with a network of faint russet crackles, the base inscribed with a leaf mark in iron-red, with a fitted wooden stand and cover (25cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired by Lawrence Edward Coleman O.B.E., thence by descent. Lawrence Edward Coleman, awarded O.B.E on 1st January 1943 for his service to the Fire Brigade, was the Great Uncle of the current owner. He was a senior fire officer stationed in Penang, Malaysia during the 1920s/30s and returned to Britain pre-1939 and brought the collection back then. The vendor of this collection has provided a document issued by Penang Municipal Fire Brigade, George Town, Penang, to Lawrence Edward Coleman Esqr. for his “departure on retirement after 11 years of meritorious service with the Brigade”, illustrated below.