Late Ming Dynasty Of archaistic pear-shaped form, rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the shoulder set with a pair of taotie-mask handles suspending loose rings, decorated on the central register with two cartouches enclosing respectively a crane and a peacock in a fenced garden amidst rockwork, variously enamelled with prunus and pomegranate, the shoulders and neck with butterflies amidst scattered flower heads framed by narrow borders with a composite floral scroll reserved on a green cracked-ice turquoise ground. 38.1cm (15in) high.