A Chinese Ming style blue and white porcelain ewer with faceted pear-shaped body, tapered neck and flared rim, the form based on a Persian metal prototype, painted in tones of underglaze blue with a floral and foliate design below ruyi-head, key-fret and lappet bands, the elegant spout with a four-character Yongle mark (1403-24) but not of the period, 27 cm high