Shark-skin Glazed Porcelain Gourd-shaped Wall Vase Inlaid with a Clock

This type of vase was made to hang on a wall and therefore has one decorated side and one flat side. Symmetrical ears adorn either side of the belly and neck of this gourd-shape wall vase. Inside a circular opening is a painting of fish and algae. The lower part of the vase is adorned with kui dragon ears with an inlaid clock in between. The vase has a pearlized black body with a winding gold peony pattern. The surface design that imitates shark skin is quite rare in Chinese ceramics.