A BLUE AND WHITE ELEPHANT-HANDLED VASE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD | 明末清初 青花花卉紋象耳瓶

A BLUE AND WHITE ELEPHANT-HANDLED VASE

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD

明末清初 青花花卉紋象耳瓶

painted to the lower globular bulb with peony blossoms borne on leafy stems, rising to a wasited neck skirting with a band of lotus scroll, surmounted by small upper section with similar decoration, flanked by a pair of elephant-shaped handles, all supported on a splayed foot

Height 20.7 cm, 8⅛ in.