A CHINESE FAHUA BALUSTER VASE

15TH/16TH CENTURY

Decorated with four Mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond, the shoulder with seven cloud-shaped panels containing further lotus, the foot with stylized lappets, 28cm.

Cf. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics from Neolithic Age to Qing Dynasty, no.59, for a related fahua jar.