Cloisonne flat vase in the shape of a gourd, Early 17th century, Ming dynasty

Cloisonne flat vase in the shape of a gourd, Early 17th century, Ming dynasty

• Image Number: K1E000750N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Copper body, gourd shaped bottle, mouth and neck bulging and round, while the bottle body is flat and round, connected with rectangular gold-plated short feet, and inlaid with gold-plated moire ears. It is covered with light blue glaze, and its neck and bottle side are decorated with lotus patterns; One side of the belly is decorated with plum, bamboo and red deer, and the other side is decorated with the eaves of the hall and a crane flying in the sea with peach branches, implying that the sea is enriched and the deer and crane (six in one) are in the same spring. It should be a work of late Ming Dynasty.