A CHINESE COPPER-RED FLORAL PEAR SHAPED VASE

Of elegant classic pear shape supported on a short foot rising to a generous rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck flaring at the mouth, painted in copper-red with a broad band of undulating stems of peony bearing four large blooms alternatively depicted in profile and full-faced, the flowers crowned by characteristically large and pointed foliage, each arched stem ending in a small subsidiary blossom, all between upright lappets at the base and a collar of trefoil pendants dangling from a band of lingzhi scrolls, all beneath a keyfret border, and upright plantain leaves at the neck, the inner mouth rim painted with classic scroll.
Height: 32.8 cm.