A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED 'PEONY' VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

SIX CHARACTER JIAJING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1522-66

Brightly painted in underglaze blue with stylised peony flowers and foliage, with a band of lotus flowerheads and leaves to the shoulder and rim, between bands of lappets, a key fret band to the foot, 31.3cm.

Provenance: formerly from an English private collection, purchased from Sotheby's London, the Contents of Sheffield Park, Uckfield, Sussex, 8th March 1954, lot 40.

Cf. Enlightening Elegance, Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Qing, the Huaihaitang Collection, p.170, no.35 for a similar vase.