Gourd shaped, the lower bulb globular, the upper bulb pear shaped. The lower buld divided into eight rounded panels containing flowering branches and leaping horses amidst clouds and foaming waves. The upper bulb with six vertical panels containing flowering branches and censers on tall stands. The tapered waist with scale pattern and flowers. Height c. 23.5 cm.
Shortened rim with repair. Drilled to the base.
Property of a private Swedish collector.
Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul A Complete Ctalogue II Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, Regina Krahl, Nurdan Erbahar, ed. John Ayers 1986, p. 754 number 1392.