Kangxis six character mark to base in underglaze blue. Flattened double-gourd shape with large handles to the sides. The flattened globular body is deocrated with peonies and chryssanthemum flowers. Gilded rim. Height 26 cm.
Fritting/loss of glaze. Firing flaws.
The form is recorded in a line drawing in Geng Baochang, Mingqing ciqi jiangding [Appraisal of Ming and Qing Porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993, p. 189, no. fig. 336, no. 3. For a closely related piece, see Geng Baochang, ibid., p. 21, fig. 31. Compare a related example decorated with chrysanthemum in iron red, sold at Christie's New York, 30th October 2001, lot 801.