This beaker is of compressed zun vessel form, the central panel, with canted corners, is painted with Immortals under trees, the corners with stylised flowers. The square flaring neck is painted with five-clawed dragons pursuing pearls among cloud scrolls. The short square flaring base has a key pattern. Three other similar beakers are recorded in Far Eastern collections.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 50

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 12 December 1952 (£60)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2