A superb and rare early Ming blue and white vase, (meiping) Ming dynasty, Yongle period the finely potted baluster body rising from a gently tapering base to full swelling shoulders, surmounted by a short waisted neck with rolled lip, superbly painted in graduated tones of vivid cobalt-blue enhanced by characteristic 'heaping and piling', with a broad meander of luxuriant lotus blossoms on gracefully scrolling stems, arranged in two tiers and terminating at the tip in a bud flanked by scrolling leaves, below a collar of four detached fruiting sprays of pomegranate, crab apple, peach and lychee, the base encircled by further detached sprays of peony, chrysanthemum, rose and camellia, all between double-line borders, the foot and countersunk base left unglazed 12 5/8 in., 32 cm
A superb and rare early Ming blue and white vase, (meiping) Ming dynasty, Yongle period the finely potted baluster body rising from a gently tapering base to full swelling shoulders, surmounted by a short waisted neck with rolled lip, superbly painted in graduated tones of vivid cobalt-blue enhanced by characteristic 'heaping and piling', with a broad meander of luxuriant lotus blossoms on gracefully scrolling stems, arranged in two tiers and terminating at the tip in a bud flanked by scrolling leaves, below a collar of four detached fruiting sprays of pomegranate, crab apple, peach and lychee, the base encircled by further detached sprays of peony, chrysanthemum, rose and camellia, all between double-line borders, the foot and countersunk base left unglazed 12 5/8 in., 32 cm
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