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Porcelain Qizuo (stand) painted in underglaze blue with hollow cylindrical body with bowed sides, a raised double ridge in the middle, and no base; the upper and lower parts of the body with calligraphic Arabic lettering and leafy scroll work, interspersed on either side by leafy scroll medallions; the central ridge with a double band of petals, the lower band inverted, outlined and detailed in white; the rim and foot with elongated petals, rosettes and palmettes; the inside glazed.
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