skilfully modelled with straight sides divided into eight lobed sides, all supported on a short foot of corresponding form, the top of the cover with a raised mallow bloom with eight petals radiating from a central stamen, the exterior covered overall save for the unglazed footring with a pale translucent blue glaze, the base inscribed with an underglaze-blue apocryphal six-character Xuande mark within a double circle

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The cover has a few tiny flakes to the unglazed mouthrim, one slightly retouched. Both the box and the cover have original firing imperfections, including speckles to the interior, firing lines to the unglazed rims and a small glaze shrinkage to the base.
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