明 青花纏枝花卉紋梅瓶 Chinese. Robustly potted with a tall slender body with rounded shoulders sloping down towards the waisted foot, freely painted with a continuous scene of ducks swimming amongst flowering lotus, arrow grass and other aquatic weeds, the base unglazed. Ming dynasty period. 梅瓶是中國傳統瓷器造型，始見於唐，盛行於宋金，元後延盛。梅瓶出現之初是作儲酒器皿，因造型雅緻，逐漸發展成為陳設花器。本器小口短頸，豐肩弧腹，脛部內斂，圈足微外撇，胎體細膩潔白，造型規整，比例和諧，俊秀穩重，端莊大方。器身青花繪“卷草紋”“纏枝花卉紋”“水仙花紋”“海水紋”，枝繁葉茂，佈局嚴謹，繪畫流暢自然。來源: 北加州私人珍藏