Blue and white porcelain vase ‘Deity’, Qing dynasty

Balustrade-style porcelain vase with broad shoulders and a short neck. Painted in intense cobalt blue with a continuous scene featuring an immortal deity travelling across a stormy sea. The other side shows a more serene scene with a large flowering plum tree next to rocks and a crane.

Height: 18 cm; Mouth diameter: 11.2 cm; Base diameter: 13 cm