A Chinese Blue and White Tulip Vase The body formed in five bulbs, each with an aperture, the tall slender neck rising to a round bulb mouth molded in the form of petals, decorated in shades of underglaze blue, each aperture of the body encircled by a border of ruyi, the neck and sides decorated with lotus scroll above a band of upright plantain leaves to the foot, the base glazed. Period: 19th century. Height: 25.5 cm.