Fishbowl Vase

Large pottery plant jar. Wide apertured oviform shape with thick rounded upper rim. Large guanyao pottery of the Yuan Dynasty. The exterior body is coated in a dark clouded manganese purple glaze, while the rim shows a turquoise blue color with mottling. The embellishment, which is molded in slight relief, presenting lotus plants growing in a shallow water (as indicated by a green wave pattern at the base), is variously glazed in lapis and turquoise blue together with dashes of white. The design includes leafage and lotus seed pods, together with flying birds.