A 'CIZHOU' SGRAFFIATO 'LOTUS' VASE, YUHUCHUN PINGH:28.9cm,W:15.2cm,Diam.of mouth:8.0cmThe pear-shaped body resting on a short splayed foot, sweeping up to a slender waisted neck and curved rim, boldly carved around the exterior through the white slip to the buff-coloured body with two wide bands of large lotus leaves and flowers interspersed with smaller buds and sprigs of leaves, with a band of overlapping petals above, between single line borders, all beneath a translucent milky glaze, the footrim unglazed and burnt reddish-brown in the firing, lacquered wood cover.This elegant vase is notable for its bold and fluidly carved design of lotus leaves and blooms, separated in different decorative bands.