A 'DEHUA' 'CRAB' WATER DROPPER 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

the eight-legged crustacean resting within a furled lotus leaf forming the vessel, topped by a leaf-form water receptor, the hollow stem forming the curved spout

Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain, China Institute Gallery, New York, 2002, cat. no. 7.

With minor scattered firing flaws including small glaze cracks and burst bubbles. One leg restored. One leg tip chipped, and another with a minute flake loss. With scattered minor and shallow glaze flakes throughout the edges.
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