An extremely beautiful blue and white mid Ming dynasty, Zhengde reign (AD1506-1521) meiping vase with flora scroll motif around the shoulder and body.

There is typical banana leave pattern around the neck, follow by ruyi cloud pattern at the lower half of the slim foot rim.

Condition:Very good glaze remain. Some scratches wear visible on the glaze surface. Few bubble burst visible on the glaze surface around the neck. Other then that is consider excellent. No others repair, chip, hairline or restoration.

Meiping has being used as wine vessel during Sung dynasty. However, during Ming dynasty, meiping became symbolic of status instead of storage jar and used to be an important burial ware to Duke, High Rank Official, Noble family and Merchant. There are almost 300 meiping vases found from various Ming dynasty's Jingjiang King Mausoleum, excavated near Guilin being display at Quilin Museum where large proporion attribute to Jiaching~ Wanli reign. This is indeed an important study piece that hard to found nowaday.

Additional photos : 1,2,3>> See other meiping vases in our gallery:-

1.AS1042- Wanli Dragon Meiping.

2.AS1036- Jiajing Pheonix Meiping.

3.ABS1196- Wanli Pheonix Meiping.

4.S16019-Qianlong Willow Meiping.

5.ABS1175- Yuan teadust Meiping