A blue and white jar
Of ovoid form, finely painted in shades of underglaze blue with insects among sprays of lotus, peony and prunus between blue lines at foot and neck, a band of pendant plantain leaves around the mouth rim, the glaze stopping short of the foot to reveal the greyish body, the base glazed. Period: Shunzhi (1644 - 1661). Height: 25 cm.
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Of ovoid form, finely painted in shades of underglaze blue with insects among sprays of lotus, peony and prunus between blue lines at foot and neck, a band of pendant plantain leaves around the mouth rim, the glaze stopping short of the foot to reveal the greyish body, the base glazed. Period: Shunzhi (1644 - 1661). Height: 25 cm.