The pear-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall neck with everted rim, painted with three recumbent mythical beasts in soft copper-red silhouettes mottled with emerald green, their eyes picked out in underglaze blue and the details highlighted in gilding, wood stand. 18th century. Height: 17 cm, 6 3/4". Provenance: Private collection of an Important Estate, Newport, Rhode Island.