Casgliadau Arlein

Vase, hybrid-paste porcelain with an orange-pink translucency and finely crackled glaze; standing on a straight sided, narrow pedestal base, krater-shaped body with curved lower part and flared cylindrical upper part; two vertical rectangular loop handles with lion mask terminals; upper part painted with two large and six small cartouches reserved on a rich underglaze blue mottled ground, edged with gilt scrolls and containing flower sprays; lower part painted with a gilt scrolled motif on each side; four small cartouches around the foot; gilt bands to the foot, and lip, and a gilt overlapping scallop pattern inside the lip; gilt handles.