AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERB BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS SCROLL' VASE, YUHUCHUNPING MING DYNASTY, CHENGHUA PERIOD | 明成化 青花纏枝番蓮紋玉壺春瓶

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERB BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS SCROLL' VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

MING DYNASTY, CHENGHUA PERIOD

明成化 青花纏枝番蓮紋玉壺春瓶

beautifully potted with a pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot, elegantly sweeping up to a waisted neck flaring at the rim, the exterior boldly painted with large lotus blooms borne on a leafy meander above overlapping petal lappets, below upright plantain leaves, an undulating lingzhi scroll and pendent trefoils encircling the neck, all divided by line borders repeated at the rim and the foot, covered overall in an unctuous glaze with a faint bluish tinge

30.3 cm, 12 in.