Finely potted with a tall slender body sweeping up to a rounded shoulder to a waisted neck with a galleried rim, the exterior carved and detailed with incisions through the dark-brown slip to the buff-colored body with a large writhing four-clawed dragon amid cloud scrolls, the unglazed foot reveal the buff stoneware, 23.5 inch high. Provenance: From the Engstrom estate, California and Sweden