the baluster body rising from a slightly spreading foot to a waisted neck and slightly lipped rim, vividly painted around the exterior in bright tones of cobalt with cranes striding amongst clouds above a wavy sea, all between a band of flower blooms with scrolling foliage below the neck and upright lappets at the foot, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark written in two columns H:15.4 in; W:7.9 in