The elegant flask is well potted with a flattened, but slightly domed, circular lower section and a globular upper section narrowing to a short neck and a mouth. The flask stands on a rectangular foot and has strap handles on either side, joining the neck and shoulders of the vessel, with petal-shaped terminals on the shoulders. Around the upper bulb is a mixed floral scroll, including dianthus, which entered the Chinese decorative repertoire from the Near East. Each round side decorated with a central ribbon-tied lotus plant incorporating sagittaria and millet encircled by composite floral scroll. Yongle mark.
H: 30 CM, 12 IN

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