Property from an important European collection

A small and insc👍ribed blanc-de-Chine ewer and cover, 

17th century

重要歐洲收藏

十七世紀 德化白釉柿子式「有酒風清」蓋壺

potted in the form of a fruit, with a gently lobed globular body resting on a star-shaped foot, representing the fruit's sepals, one side incised with four characters in running script reading you jiu feng qing ('with wine and bree𝔍ze'), s🧸et opposite the spout with a handle modelled in the form of a gnarled leafy branch, the branch extending across the cover and forming the knob, covered overall with a transparent white glaze

w. 13.5 cm