清十八世紀 青花纏枝花卉紋雙龍耳扁壺

of flattened globular form with rounded sides rising from a short oval foot to a waisted cylindrical neck and slightly everted mouthrim, flanked by a pair of openwork dragon handles, the body superbly painted with a composite floral scroll with floral blooms wreathed in long meandering scrolls issuing clusters of leaves, above a border of cresting waves encircling the foot, the mouthrim bordered with a pendent trefoil lappet suspending tasselled and beribboned emblems

The overall condition is fairly good, with the exception of a circular stained glaze crack to the lower joint of the left handle. The mouthrim has a small stained glaze flake of approx. 0.1 by 0.2 cm, in addition to an iron spot. There are some occasional trapped and burst air bubbles, as well as a few related glaze flakes (max. approx. 0.2 by 0.3 cm). The underside has a patch of firing flaw (approx. 0.6 by 1 cm) and a couple of very shallow flakes to the unglazed footring.
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