Comprising a globular lower bulb and a pear-shaped upper section sweeping up to a short neck, finely written around the exterior of the upper and lower bulb in rich cobalt-blue tones with calligraphic inscriptions in regular script, and signed with seals with a copper red gourd, all divided by a keyfret band encircle the neck and a floral band on the shoulder, the base with a six-character Kang-Hsi mark, 16 inch high. Provenance: From a private estate, St. Louis, Missouri