Dimensions: 15.75" H x 15" W Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, blue & white lotus pond motif porcelain jar. The porcelain potted in jar shape, having large and thick potted body, sturdily potted in a bulbous body, ovoid belly on middle, gently tapered on shoulder toward prominent, with short neck straight opening lip, and raised on small round foot base. All reserved in hand painting ornamentations, rendered in clean white under glazed ground color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The main belly adorned with various flowers blooms interspersed with fresh foliage and water plants among scrolling ruyi. The Shoulder decorated with flowers blooms foliage, and scrolling interlocking ruyi clouds on the upper mouth rim, with upturning phoenix tail on the foot base rim. Each section part banded and enclosed with double fine rings. A characteristic heaped and piled effect, the under glaze grayish-blue concentrates in certain areas, bubbling through the surface of the glaze and turning a deep blue-black. The underside unglazed, revealed the creme groundand 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.