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# Blue and White Octagonal Pear-Shaped Vase with Flower Panels, Early Ming Dynasty

Octagonal pear-shaped porcelain vase painted in underglaze blue with flowering sprays in panels, plantain leaves on the neck and lappets above and below, early 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/)
**Reference:** RRA-0014
**Availability:** Available

## Description

A porcelain vase of pear shape, faceted into eight sides from the flared mouth to the foot. The neck is painted with tall plantain leaves above a narrow lattice band, and the shoulder with a ring of lappets enclosing clouds. Between two bands of scrolls, each facet of the body holds a flowering spray, among them a peony and a chrysanthemum, with leafy stems filling the narrower panels. A second ring of lappets enclosing clouds circles the lower body, and a band of leaves runs round the foot. Inside the mouth is a border of scrolls. The blue is dark and slightly blurred, with small pale specks in the heavier strokes, under a glaze with a faint green tint.

The octagonal foot and base are unglazed, the base showing concentric throwing rings and a warm orange tone from the firing. The vase has a break running all the way round the body, though it remains in one piece. We attribute it to the [early Ming dynasty](https://realrareantiques.com/early-ming-dynasty/).

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

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