18/19th Century, Qing dynasty, the compressed globular body resting on a short tapered foot, rising to a slender neck encircled by a raised filet and swelling to a wide garlic-head mouth, the exterior covered with a rich copper-red glaze suffused with fine crackles, draining to pale tones at the shoulder and mouth, stopping just above the unglazed foot ring, the interior and recessed base with a crackled white glaze with a slightly blue tinge Height 24.6cm.Provenance: Leoemare Spink&Son, MRS Alfred Clark