, 18th/19th centuryOf bottle form with knopped necks, the bodies worked with opposing views of peonies and chrysanthemums issuing from rocks in shades of blue against a white fret ground, the necks with formal lotus flowers and foliage, the bases with lappet borders.30cm high (2)
Part of a Herefordshire Country House EstateFootnote: Provenance:Part of a Herefordshire Country House Estate. Believed acquired by Chief Engineer Herbert Harris, stationed at Wei-Hai-Wei dockyards in 1911, thence by descent to the vendor. Harris had seen previous service with HMS Inflexible with the Mediterranean Fleet, 1891, and HMS Terpsichore at the Cape of Good Hope, 1904.