£500
Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 600
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
明式 青花抱月瓶
elegantly potted with a flattened spherical body rising to a waisted neck and a pear-shaped upper bulb, set with two strap handles, the slightly convex body painted on both sides with a formal rosette centred by a yin-yang medallion within a ring of petal lappets, surrounded by a radiating eight-pointed starburst of alternating foliate and floral motifs, the upper bulb picked out with a narrow band of lotus flowers in tendrils