Unlikely Eggplant

Jingdezhen, 1790-1880
Height (including original stopper in situ): 7.1 cm
Mouth: 0.72 cm
Stopper: green enamel on colourless glaze on white porcelain, in the form of a stalk, matching and original.

Provenance:
Lucky Jewellery, Co., Taipei, March 2015
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd

 

Ruby-pink enamel on colourless glaze on white porcelain; moulded in the form of an eggplant with no functional foot; the interior unglazed.

Alexander Whittaker