YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

The heavily potted jar is boldly painted in underglaze blue of rich sapphire-blue tone accentuated by ‘heaping and piling’ with a broad band of peony scroll bearing six large blooms, between a band of classic scroll and upright petal lappets below, and a band of lotus meander on the shoulder above, with the short neck encircled by a band of waves.
Similar jars are greatly limited in number and the execution of details varies from piece to piece as every example was individually finished. Compare to a similarly decorated jar in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Art of Yuan Blue-and-white Porcelain, Shanghai, 2012, no. 7.