the deeply rounded body rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, covered overall in an ivory glaze pooling in characteristic teardrops to one side of the exterior, the rim bound in metal

Collection of Desmond FitzGerald (1846-1926), Brookline, Massachusetts.
American Art Galleries, New York, 22nd April 1927, lot 118 (part lot).
Collection of Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (1870-1969), Boston, Massachusetts, and thence by descent.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1888 (according to label).

A 2.5-cm hairline crack descending from the rim. Scattered scratches to the surface, five small chips to the rim (under the metal mount), minor frits and chips to the footring commensurate with age, and minor manufacturing imperfections including burst glaze bubbles, small iron spots, and firing lines (longest is to exterior, approx. 1.8 cm). Painted in red to the base: "118 2 F." Three old labels applied to the base "M.F.A. 1888.11 FitzGerald"; "44 Chinese FitzGerald Nov. 6-1911"; and "Sung 960 1279". One old label applied to well: "118 2".
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