A blue and white 'peony' jar. The heavily potted jar is boldly painted in underglaze blue accentuated by ‘heaping and piling’ with a broad band of peony scroll bearing six large blooms, between a band of classic scroll and upright petal lappets below, and a band of lotus meander on the shoulder above, with the short neck encircled by a band of waves. H28cm PROVENANCE: Private collection from a entrepreneur in Kansai, Japan