The interior is painted with a dragon and a phoenix among scrolling foliage round a central medallion, also with a dragon within double lines. The exterior is painted with carp among water plants. The underside is painted in blue with the Jiajing six-character mark within a double ring.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 32

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from the collection of C.M. Woodbridge, sold Sotheby’s, London, 8 May 1951, lot 58 (8 guineas).

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2