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# Blue and White Covered Vase with Lizard Handles and Peony Scroll, Ming Dynasty

Blue and white porcelain covered vase with two lizard handles, painted with phoenixes on the shoulder and a peony scroll round the body, 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 30 cm (no cover) 41 cm with cover · Diameter 32 cm · Cover diameter 24 cm · Cover height 11 cm
**Reference:** RRA-0116
**Availability:** Available

## Description

A [blue and white](https://realrareantiques.com/chinese-blue-and-white-porcelain/) porcelain vase with a broad rounded body and a wide flaring neck, two lizards modelled in the round and washed in blue forming the handles on the shoulder. The main band is a peony scroll, the blossoms shown both full face and in profile among leafy stems. Above it, a diamond-pattern band runs below the shoulder, where phoenixes fly among scrolling clouds and flowers. The neck and the lower body each carry a band of upright panels enclosing flames and small emblems.

The cover is shaped as a leaf with a wavy, blue-edged rim, painted with a fish among lines radiating from a dark blue knob at the centre. The glaze has a fine crackle, and the flat base is unglazed, showing throwing rings. We attribute the vase to the [early Ming](https://realrareantiques.com/early-ming-dynasty/).

Height 30 cm without cover, 41 cm with cover · Diameter 32 cm · Cover: Diameter 24 cm · Height 11 cm

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

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