Glazed ceramic vase ‘Lotuses and Peonies’, with Jiaqing marking

Ceramic modelled in the form of a ‘Yuhuchunping’ vase, with a short circular foot on which is placed a wide, pear-shaped belly that narrows at the neck and ends in a flaring mouth. The exterior is decorated with underglaze blue and white enamels, creating a succession of overlapping stripes of alternating fretwork, lotus latticework, lacework, banana leaves and curved branches of peony blossoms.  At the base is a six-character stamp ‘大明嘉靖年制’. 

Height: 31 cm, Mouth diameter: 9 cm, Base diameter: 12 cm