Chinese Yuan Dynasty Period, blue & white wrapped floral jar. The porcelain potted in jar shape, having thick potted body, sturdily potted in a bulbous body, ovoid belly on middle gently tapered on shoulder toward prominent, with short neck opening, with, two Chinese beast mask handles flanked on the shoulder, and raised on small round foot base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The belly decorated with huge flying phoenix among flowers blooms and interlocking tendril. Peony flowers blooms with fresh foliage festooned on the lower belly. The shoulder decorated with Lotus flowers blooms interspersed scrolling tendril. The dome adorned with scrolling ruyi and flowers blooms, and the foot base rim decorated with geometric petals and auspicious ornament. Each section banded and enclosed with double fine blue rings. The dome lid rim reveals the cut edges during the making process, and the base left unglazed with grayish creme-brown ground and dark spots of firing marks. The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark grayish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.

Height:15.5 in
Width: 13.5 in
Depth: 12.63 in

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