PROVENANCE: From Audubon, New Orleans Private Collector.

Dimensions: Heigth: 20.5 cm, Diameter: 12.2 cm

Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Peony Porcelain Plum Vase. The porcelain potted into a traditional Meiping form, large, thick and tall potted, wide body on shoulder, slender neck easing to form narrow opening, with emerging slight flaring ring mouth rim, raised on round foot base, with slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white base color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of peony flowers bloom interspersed foliage and interlocking tendril and petals. Blue and white porcelain in Chinese it is called Qing Hua Ci. It is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. It was originated in the Yuan DynastyThe underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.

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