A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASK

Reference: ART1006956

The full-bodied swelling flask with a flattened globular body of elongated section, surmounted by a slender cylindrical neck flanked by two scroll handles and resting on a slightly concave flat base, painted on either side of the body with arrangements of blossoming flowers, with carnations on one side and asters on the other, all between lotus-lappet borders encircling the foot and shoulder, the neck with a band of over-lapping lappets, the handles with a scroll outlining the sides. The base unglazed.