Lot description
sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides rising to a hexalobed everted rim with a beaded border, supported on three ruyi-shaped feet, the interior covered in a sky-blue glaze, the exterior in vivid purple, transmuting to a rich ruby red towards the feet, the glaze thinning to a mushroom tone on the raised edges, the base applied with a thin brown dressing, engraved with the numeral liu ('six') before firing, and engraved after firing with the inscriptions Jianfu gong ('the Palace for the Establishment of Happiness') and zhushi jiashan yong ('For use at the garden hill of bamboo and rockery'), encircled by a ring of small spur marks, zitan stand and nested Japanese wooden boxes 21.5 cm
