Porcelain baluster vase with five-color wucai-五彩 lantern decoration, China, Transitional period, mid-17th century The body decorated with underglaze blue enameled trimmings connecting ruyi heads and canopies, around which small butterflies fly. Hanging from it are four pairs of ribboned cords linking Buddhist emblems and four lanterns, two rounded and two with cut-off sides, decorated in their center with a lotus flower. The shoulder is decorated with a frieze of ruyi heads above a stylized background. Banana leaves decorate the neck and lotus flowers and scrolls the foot. Height : 30 cm Cracks and a chip on the neck, pierced bottom. 十七世纪中期 - 五彩颈如意蕉叶纹腹花卉灯笼纹瓶