Qing DynastyFinely cast and supported on the backs of three cranes, the globular body colourfully enamelled with a continuous scene of lotus pond, depicting swimming, flying, resting and pecking egrets amongst lotus leaves and sprays of lotus blossoms, all beneath a floral band to the waisted neck, flanked by a pair of handles, the reticulated domed cover finely decorated with three large ruyi-shaped lappets enamelled with foliate scrolls, surmounted by a bud-shaped finial meticulously enamelled with further floral sprays, wood stand. 105cm (41 1/3in) high (3).