A Chinese blue and white bottle vase with cranes, Ming, Wanli

H.: 23,4 cm

An unusual earl blue and white bottle vase, decorated with a band of peony scroll at the base of the neck which is decorated with two clusters of pendent tassels, the compressed body with four roundels of cranes amidst clouds separated by impressed trellis panels.

Provenance:
- A distinguished Belgian collection
- With an "Eskenazi - London" tag.

See also:
- Christie's, New York, 29/03/2006, The Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall, lot 101, for a related vase with Arabic inscription. (link)