AQ50
Of beaker form, the moulded spiralling body decorated in underglaze blue and brilliant famille verte enamels vibrantly painted with many blossoms including lotus, chrysanthemum, prunus and others amidst flowering foliate meanders within moulded lotus petal bands at the shoulder and waist, with a narrow decorative band above a splayed foot decorated with stylized leaves and flowerheads in alternate blue and iron red, the neck decorated with narrow ogival panels of flower heads and leaves beneath a border of scrolling flower heads and leaves with further bands of triangle work dividing the central stem from the neck, the interior rim decorated with a wide band of scrolling leaves and flowerheads, the footrim unglazed, the base glazed.
Literature
For similar, but not identical vases see "Chinese Export Porcelain: Chine de Commande" byD.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, London, 1974, p.215, no. 100 & plate.
