A large Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' jar
WanliOf ovoid form with a short neck, painted with four quatrefoil shaped panels enclosing peony, lotus and other flowers issuing from rockwork and below the shoulder with four cartouches enclosing flowering peaches, all conjoined by strap-work framed by ruyi-heads and reserved on a blue-wash wan patterned ground above a lappet border, (restored around the original luted body join).41cm high