H:28.5cmA Rare Inscribed Fahua Meiping, Ming dynastyof octagonal section,moulded on the shoulder with an aubergine glazed petal border within a cream glazed ruyi band, and then a band of the eight trigrams on a turquoise field, all above alternating long panels enclosing five character poetic texts and flowering plants, picked out in turquoise or aubergine against a cream field, the raised frames glazed in aubergineSome glaze peeling off on the body. Some old chips on the foot rim.