of baluster form rising to a wide mouth with lipped rim,  cast with four registers of archaistic decoration, the neck and body cast with taotie masks on a leiwen ground, the shoulder and base with narrower band of striding kuilong, the body set with opposing mythical beast curled handles, all supported on a cylindrical stepped foot, the base cast with a ji gu de zhi, together with a small garlic-headed bottle vase with archaistic decoration, Yuan dynasty (2)

Collection of Anson Burlingame Johnson (1855-1934), Los Angeles, California,  acquired when serving as United States Consul to Xiamen around 1900, and thence by descent.

Hand Book of a collection of Chinese Porcelains Loaned by A. Burlingame Johnson, Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles, 1923, cat. nos 235 and 236.