the pear-shaped body supported on a wide trumpet mouth, painted around the sides in brilliant doucai enamels with scaly five-clawed dragons, amid a dense ground of a composite floral meander, the large elaborate blooms wreathed by slender stems and a myriad of feathery leaves, with a green keyfret band inside the mouth rim with six-character reign mark to the bottom H: 9" (23cm) Provenance: collection of de Nicloas Christ Marid, according to the label Condition: In overall good condition with no signs of repair and damage evident