A Rare Blue And White With Sanskrit Script Ewer, Ming Dynasty, Xuande Period (1425-1435)

Modelled after the metal prototype, elegantly potted with a broad cylindrical body decorated with Sanskrit script, rising to a rounded shoulder and waisted neck with a bulbous mid-section and flaring gently to a broad spout, finely painted with detached blue panels and sprays around the body, the neck with bands of stylized florets, waves and Sanskrit scripts, the rim with banana leaf motif, with handle in deep under glazed blue decorated with foliated scroll; six-character Xuande Mark on base; H: 29 cm, D: 18 cm