finely potted and painted in vivid tones of cobalt blue, the truncated lower bulb densely decorated with lotus scrolls, the shoulder draped with a band of pendent ruyi heads and detached floral sprigs, rising to a waisted neck with lappets collared by a raised ring, surmounted by a garlic-mouth painted with lingzhi borne on scrolling foliage and linked by a pair of curved ruyi handles, in the period of Qianlong, Qing Dynasty. Reference Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27th October 1993, lot 189. 19.3CMx16.4CM; Top Diameter:4.5CM