A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' VASE

WANLI 1573-1620

The ovoid body painted with a continuous scene of houses and figures dispersed throughout a rocky mountainous landscape, the shoulder decorated with four cartouches containing floral sprays, the panels reserved on diaper grounds divided by ruyi motifs, with a band of lappets encircling the foot and a continuous scroll to the short waisted neck, 36.8cm.

Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from John Berwald Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art on 18th April 1995. A copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. R Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol.II, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, p.735, no.1314 for a related piece.