A blue and white salt


KangxiOf circular form, on a domed base, raised on three ball feet, painted with floral sprays within moulded lotus-leaf panels; together with a raised leaf-shaped salt, Kangxi; an Arita syrup cruet and cover painted with a floral meander, 17th/18th century; and a shallow oval dish with brown-dressed rim and floral motifs. 10cm (4in) high (5).
|See C.J.A. Jorg, Fine & Curious, Hotei 2002 p.164 where the author notes that the unusual shape of the Chinese salt above is most likely based on a Dutch ceramic original.