*A rare Chinese blue and white bianhu 18th century

*A rare Chinese blue and white bianhu 18th century, decorated in the early Ming style with strap handles, with yin-yang symbols to each side within stylized flower medallions, some glaze cracks to the neck, 24.2cm. Cf. Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr and Mrs J. M. Hu, The Shanghai Museum, pl.40, p.74, for an almost identical vase.