Puzzle Pot

Possibly Hebei province, 1760-1900
Height: 6.02 cm
Mouth/lip: 1.32/1.95 cm
Stopper: bone and stained walrus ivory; coral finial; bronze collar

Provenance:
Robert Hall, July 2011
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

 

Mottled tea-brown glaze and orange-brown glaze on refined, buff-coloured stoneware; with a wide mouth, flattened lip, and slightly recessed flat, circular foot surrounded by a slightly protruding convex, circular foot rim, covered inside and out with the glaze, the foot left unglazed and carved with concentric circles.

Alexander Whittaker