A LATER-ENAMELLED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HOOKAH BASE
The sturdily-potted piece is decorated to the bell-shaped body with moulded vertical panels of upward-growing lotus flowers, all below a band of foliage and flowers to the waisted shoulder, all below a diaper band to the bulbous neck and a stiff leaf band to the rim. The base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. The exterior is later gilt and enamelled.
23.2 cm
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The sturdily-potted piece is decorated to the bell-shaped body with moulded vertical panels of upward-growing lotus flowers, all below a band of foliage and flowers to the waisted shoulder, all below a diaper band to the bulbous neck and a stiff leaf band to the rim. The base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. The exterior is later gilt and enamelled.
23.2 cm
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