Chinese Arabic Inscribed Blue and White Bottle-Shaped Vase with Garlic Mouth Zhengde nine-character mark within a double circle (Great Ming Zhengde Autumn Month Auspicious Day); The globular body tapers to a graceful long neck with prominent garlic mouth; the lower body is painted in underglaze blue with two large circular rondels with hatch-work borders, each enclosing an Arabic inscription, together with smaller circles bearing Arabic calligraphy; the shoulder and lip each with a slender banding of triangles and flowerhead; the neck with inscriptions within diamond-shaped. {Approximate diameter, 19 3/4 inches}. Property from a San Francisco Collection.