China, possibly Yuan dynasty, seated in "royal ease" with her right leg raised and the left on the ground, her right hand placed on her right knee, with a bird, a water bottle, and an animal seated in prayer hands, bisque brown face, hands, and feet, celadon-glazed interior, hollow base, ht. 13 in.

Provenance: Purchased in the UK in the 1950s by the present owner's mother who immigrated to the US in the 1960s; inherited by the present owner in the 1990s.