Each slightly compressed globular body enamelled in aubergine on a green ground with connected flower scrolls, the flattened domed covers enameled ensuite and each set with an iron-red bud finial, supported on tripod ormolou acanthus leaf aand lion paw feet.

Ref.:
- The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession no. C.17&A-1958 for a near-identical example (link) and accession no. C.1092&A-1910 for a yellow-ground example. (link)
- The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object no. AK-NM-6439-A for a closely comparable example. (link)

Literature:
- C. Jörg, 'Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum', p. 174, no. 194 for the example held in the Rijksmuseum and a further discussion.

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