Meiping vase with peonies

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.: 5371
Type: vase; pottery
Date of production:
2nd half of 16th century
Ming dynasty
Place of production:
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: underglaze blue
Dimensions: height: 39.2 cm
diameter (base): 17 cm
A plum blossom (Chinese: meiping) vase with a removed and smoothed-away neck rim. It belongs to a highly popular type of Chinese ceramics, and exemplifies the dynamic brushwork and full-surface pattern characteristic of the 16th century.