Sturdily and robustly potted with a pear-shaped body supported on a short foot, tapering to a tall neck with a garlic-head mouth and upright mouthrim, the body decorated with flying cranes amid ruyi-shaped clouds, all painted below a band of lappet at the rim, and above stylised scrollwork skirting the footrim, the base with a six-character Wanli reign mark, 22 inch high. Provenance: From the estate collection of Mrs. Victoria Lake, UK, by decent to family member in Bethesda, Maryland