tapering neck and everted rim, worked in colours with flowering lilies within a pale blue ''halo'' on a green ground with Greek Key borders, 37cm high The pale blue halo around the foliate decoration appears to be relatively unusual. However, for a double gourd vase partially decorated in a similar style in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York see Quette (Béatrice) Cloisonné, Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, pg.121 See illustrationSome scratching, surface wear and typical minor losses throughout. 200219