The vase is modelled with a flaring foot, straight walls and an angular shoulder supporting a cylindrical neck and lipped rim. Each side is decorated in underglaze blue with a prunus branch extending from the lower corner with further enamelled decoration of complementary form to the opposite corner, all above a hatched band. The neck and foot are decorated with a classic scroll band.
Ming Polychrome, Wonders of the Orient
Polychrome-Enamelled Blue And White Square-Section Vase
Late Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620 – 1627).
Porcelain
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China.
H: 13cm
Provenance:
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family. Renowned British art historian, collector and connoisseur and worked at the British Museum authoring several seminal books on East Asian art.
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family. Renowned British art historian, collector and connoisseur and worked at the British Museum authoring several seminal books on East Asian art.
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