18th centuryThe compressed globular body finely carved around the exterior with a frieze of lotus, peony and camellia flowers, bordered by a band of stiff petal lappets around the base and ruyi heads on the shoulders, the tall neck with upright plantain leaves rising from a key-fret border, the everted rim encircled by a ruyi-head band, wood stand and box. 29.7cm (11 3/4in) high. (3).