A MASSIVE CHINESE PORCELAIN STAND

YONGZHENG 1723-35

Raised on a flared foot and richly decorated to the well with leaping carp, crustaceans, lotus and crashing waves, the rim with dense bands of flowerheads, scrolling motifs and stylised conch shells in shaped panels, the outside painted with large bowls of pomegranates and finger citrons raised on flowering branches, alternating with roundels enclosing formal fans and flowers, the centre of the well left unglazed, possibly to be used as a jug stand, 57cm dia.