A rare polychrome 'kinrande' ewer and Cover Ming Dynasty, Jiajing period inspired by a Middle Eastern metalwork shape, the flattened pear-shaped body supported by a flared foot rising to a waisted neck, the slender upturned spout served to the body by an 'S'-shaped scroll strut, the high upright handle surmounted by a foliate ring for attachment, decorated on each side with a large peach-shaped panel within a stiff-leafed border, the sides painted with cartouches each enclosing a duck on rippling water amid leafy lotus blooms , the cover decorated with ribboned ruyi heads and surmounted by a lion knop below a band of keyfret, crossed beaded tassel and upright leaves at the neck Quantity: 2 26cm., 10 1/4 in.
A rare polychrome 'kinrande' ewer and Cover Ming Dynasty, Jiajing period inspired by a Middle Eastern metalwork shape, the flattened pear-shaped body supported by a flared foot rising to a waisted neck, the slender upturned spout served to the body by an 'S'-shaped scroll strut, the high upright handle surmounted by a foliate ring for attachment, decorated on each side with a large peach-shaped panel within a stiff-leafed border, the sides painted with cartouches each enclosing a duck on rippling water amid leafy lotus blooms , the cover decorated with ribboned ruyi heads and surmounted by a lion knop below a band of keyfret, crossed beaded tassel and upright leaves at the neck Quantity: 2 26cm., 10 1/4 in.
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