Lot description
modelled after an archaic bronze vessel, the robust middle section meticulously painted in bright shades of cobalt blue with large peony blooms, each borne on a continuous scrolling tendril vine with attendant blooms, set between a ruyi head band draping the shoulders and a turbulent wave band around the base, the broad shoulders sweeping up to a flaring neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, the wave band decoration further repeated around the shoulders, mouth and handles, with two registers of lotus flowers around the neck, each containing scrolling foliate vines punctuated by large blooms, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, Japanese wood box 51.5 cm
