Ewer with a design of floral sprays

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This is a typical ewer of the Xianzhan-ping type decorated in wucai (five-color) porcelain enamels and gold. It is painted with overglaze enamels of red, green, blue, yellow and black, and further decorated with motifs in cut gold leaf. This technique, called kinrande from the florid decoration resembling kinran, or gold brocade silk fabric, was popular during the Jiajing period (1522–66).