A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER, 20TH CENTURY

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER, 20TH CENTURY
painted with pheasants perched on rockwork and smaller birds in flight and in branches, amongst tree peony and chrysanthemum, a ruyi collar encircling the shoulder and a band of upright lappets around the foot, the domed cover with a similar pheasant and foliage below the large blue lotus bud-shaped finial -- 32¼ in. (82 cm.) high