China, transitional period, c. 1650. Painted around the sides in red and green enamels with four lappets enclosing flowers growing from weathered rocks, with a diaper-pattern star at the shoulders below a flames-band neck.
Condition: Worn condition with fritting along the edges and few chips as well as repaired mouth. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a third-generation member of the Holzapfel family after 1995 and has remained in the family ever since.
