A very rare blue and white 'fish and lotus' vase, zun

A very rare blue and white 'fish and lotus' vase, zun
Jiajing
Of archaistic bronze form of a zun-shaped vase, the body set with vertical flanges on opposite sides, the bulbous mid-section painted in deep and vibrant tones of underglaze blue with a carp swimming amidst lotus plants and water weeds reserved on a ground of finely outlined turbulent waves, the long trumpet-shaped neck similarly decorated with fish swimming up towards the rim, the stepped foot encircled with three bands of lotus, fish and rolling waves, the interior of the neck painted with slender overlapping leaves radiating towards the rim, box. 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high (2).