A GOOD CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE

A GOOD CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1640

The body is brightly painted in an intense underglaze blue with vases and flower pots issuing an abundance of flowers including peony and lotus blossoms, between them is a small table on which stands a bowl of fruit and a vase of magnolia, above them all, a bird chases a small winged insect, the neck and foot are finely incised with anhua bands, 43cm.

明末清初 青花花卉紋筒瓶