A SUPERB LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) The vase is well potted with rounded shoulders and a tapering baluster body on a slightly flaring foot. It is finely painted in inky-blue tone depicting a peony scroll borne on an undulating leafy stem bearing four large blooms alternately shown in profile and pendent, between narrow bands of classic scrolls. The shoulders are painted with a peacock and a peahen with outspread wings amid a continuous peony meander bearing smaller blooms below a further narrow classic scroll. The base is encircled by a band of large upright lappets, each enclosing a pendent trefoil, dot and ring. The vase is covered under a glossy transparent glaze with a pale blue tinge, with the exception of the recessed base. 15 ½ in. (39.6 cm.) high Provenance J. J. Lally & Co., New York Sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 1997, lot 146 The T. T. Tsui Collection
A SUPERB LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) The vase is well potted with rounded shoulders and a tapering baluster body on a slightly flaring foot. It is finely painted in inky-blue tone depicting a peony scroll borne on an undulating leafy stem bearing four large blooms alternately shown in profile and pendent, between narrow bands of classic scrolls. The shoulders are painted with a peacock and a peahen with outspread wings amid a continuous peony meander bearing smaller blooms below a further narrow classic scroll. The base is encircled by a band of large upright lappets, each enclosing a pendent trefoil, dot and ring. The vase is covered under a glossy transparent glaze with a pale blue tinge, with the exception of the recessed base. 15 ½ in. (39.6 cm.) high Provenance J. J. Lally & Co., New York Sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 1997, lot 146 The T. T. Tsui Collection
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