A LATER-ENAMELLED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HOOKAH BASE, CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) A LATER-ENAMELLED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HOOKAH BASE, CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) A LATER-ENAMELLED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HOOKAH BASE, CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) A LATER-ENAMELLED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HOOKAH BASE, CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

A LATER-ENAMELLED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HOOKAH BASE, CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Reference: ART1003181

The sturdily-potted piece is decorated to the bell-shaped body with moulded vertical panels of upward-growing lotus flowers, all below a band of foliage and flowers to the waisted shoulder, all below a diaper band to the bulbous neck and a stiff leaf band to the rim. The base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. The exterior is later gilt and enamelled. 23.2 cm