Ewer.    h :  18cm.

Blue/white ;  pear-shaped body with C- handle ;  vertically-twisted body, C-handle and matching  domed lid ; decorated with sprays of blossoms and fruit .  2-character mark on the base :  I Yü , meaning " exquisite gem " .

Period :     KANGXI :  1662 - 1723 .
Refer.  :     " l' odysée de la porcelaine de Chine " Musée National de Limoges, 2003, n° 86.
                    " Oriental Porcelain : a  Choice from the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum
                       Collection ",  C. Jörg  ,  1992  n° 40.

This model is clearly inspired by the  french " faîence de Rouen"   ( or  dutch Delft ). Later ,arrived in France or in  the Netherlands, the mug was fitted with a silver mount : a small hole for attaching the mount had already been made in China,before the piece was fired.