RARE WHITE-GLAZED AND CARVED 'DRAGON' JAR INSCRIBED RUN YUAN, LATE YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY the globular body tapering to the foot, finely carved on the broad rounded shoulder with a crane and a deer against a wide lotus meander, the large flowers borne alternately upright and pendent on an undulating leafy stem, above two sinuous three-clawed dragons striding amongst crashing waves, the foot encircled by a band of lappets enclosing trefoils, applied overall apart from the base with a clear bluish tinged transparent qingbai glaze, inscribed 'Run Yuan' on the shoulder 35.5cm wide