Triple-gourd-shaped bottle vase with powder blue and flower sprays and birds, Bottle-shaped vase (knobbed bottle) of porcelain with three layers, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, green, yellow, eggplant, black and gold. The bottle is covered with bleu poudré (powder blue) with within it two large, lobed compartments filled with prunus or lotus with birds; two fan-shaped compartments with flower branches; between the compartments floral scrolls in gold, between the thickenings decorative bands with geometric motifs, floral scrolls and ruyi motif in gold. One chip in the edge

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Size: 4437px × 6000px
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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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