AN UNUSUAL LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE

AN UNUSUAL LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
The body is decorated with a broad band of peony scroll between decorative borders, beneath the tall, flared neck decorated with cranes in flight amidst peaches borne on leafy branches and flanked by simple, curved handles suspending fixed rings.
24 ½ in. (62.3 cm.) high, cloth box