A Bronze Lobed Quatrefoil Baluster Vase MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY the slender, baluster body raised on a splayed foot, supported on a waisted neck and a stepped mouth, cast with large ruyi heads to the shoulder and above the foot, the conforming sides having a lobed outline with two pairs of large leaves, the underside inscribed with a Zhengde six-character mark within a rectangular panel. Height 11 1/8 inches.