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# Blue and White Meiping Vase and Cover with Ducks, Trees and Flowers, Ming Dynasty

Blue and white meiping vase and cover, painted in lobed panels with trees, ducks among lotus and flower sprays on a ground of dense scrolls, Ming dynasty.

**Period:** [Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)
**Category:** [Ming Dynasty Porcelain](https://realrareantiques.com/product-category/antique-chinese-porcelain/ming-dynasty-porcelain/)
**Dimensions:** Height 42 cm (with cover) · Height 38 cm (without cover) · Diameter 26 cm
**Reference:** RRA-0101
**Availability:** Available

## Description

A [blue and white](https://realrareantiques.com/chinese-blue-and-white-porcelain/) meiping vase with broad rounded shoulders, a short neck and a tapering cover topped by a bud finial. The shoulder carries four lobed panels, each enclosing a flowering spray of peony, chrysanthemum or lotus. Below them, larger lobed panels on the body are painted with a feathery tree hung with berried vines beside rockwork, and with a pair of mandarin ducks swimming among lotus and reeds. All the panels are reserved on a ground of tightly drawn scrolls, and a band of lappets enclosing lotus sprays circles the lower body. The cover is painted with upright panels and trefoil motifs.

The glaze is a soft creamy white, and the foot and recessed base are unglazed, showing throwing rings and iron-red specks. One side of the vase is slightly distorted, and the cover has a small line. We attribute the vase to the [early Ming dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/early-ming-dynasty/).

Height 42 cm with cover, 38 cm without · Diameter 26 cm

**Learn more:** [The Ming Dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/ming-dynasty/)

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