A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASE MEIPINGSuperbly and elegantly potted with a full rounded shoulder rising at a gently flaring angle from the slightly recessed base and surmounted by a short waisted neck, the body decorated in rich cobalt tones with three flowering branches above boughs of peach, pomegranate and lychee, each rising from a sprig of lingzhi, evenly spaced above a double line and a band of overlapping upright plantain leaves encircling the base, the shoulders with a collar of radiating lotus petal panels and the short narrow waisted neck with florettes and leaves below the lipped rimDimension: Diam. 22 cm. H. 36.3 cm.