Blue and white plum vase with bird pattern

[Blue and white flower and bird pattern plum vase]

Blue and white flower and bird pattern plum vase, 44 cm in height, 6.5 cm in diameter and 13.8 cm in foot diameter
The bottle has a small mouth, flat shoulder, long body, and curled feet. The bottle mouth is decorated with a string pattern, the neck is decorated with a banana leaf pattern, the shoulder is a circle of Ruyi cloud pattern, the cloud head is separated by a wreath pattern, and the Ruyi cloud pattern is internally painted with folded flowers. The abdomen is decorated with flowers, birds, grass and insects. Draw a circle of tangled lotus and deformed lotus petal patterns near the foot. In the blue and white square column at the bottom, there are four auspicious words of “wealth and immortality”
Plum vases in the Jiajing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty are generally significantly higher than those in the earlier period, and gradually larger in shape. Auspicious style is one of the main characteristics of the plum vase in the Jiajing period


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