Robust and heavy pottery, the foot and inside unglazed. China, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644

The rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a waisted neck and rolled rim, painted with a wide central band of a continuous lotus pond scene with various birds, roundels of peony and ruyi at the shoulder, below a band of cloud scroll at the rim and a band of lappets at the foot, all delicately painted in intense cobalt blue on white ground.

Shape: Baluster form
Dimensions: Height 30 cm.
Condition: Extensive surface wear and scratches, the rim with significant damage visibly restored, several larger firing faults
Provenance/labels: German private collection
Literature comparison: The Bernheimer Collection, Sothebys, 25 NOVEMBER 2015, LONDON, lot 214. (for a similar vase, dated to Wanli)

明代青花鴨戯蓮池罐
大面積污漬和劃痕，邊緣明顯修復過，幾個火點
德國私人收藏