A small blue and white beaker

A small blue and white beaker
Le dynasty, 15th/16th century
Potted with a flared rim and ovoid body, painted in underglaze blue with striping and a leaf scroll band, a wider panel with clumps of water grasses separated by opposing chich choe placed above overlapping lotus lappets rising from the low foot ring, the glaze covering the exterior and interior walls with a firing ring visible on the floor of the deep well, the shallowly recessed base covered with a chocolate brown wash.
4 1/2in (11.5cm) high
4 3/8in (11cm) diameter