Dimensions: 12-1/8" H x 13-3/4" Dia. Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Blue and white jar. Potted with a large cylinder vessel, jar shape, having thick and tall potted body, sturdily potted in a slight ovoid belly, heavy on shoulder gently tapered on short neck, toward opening mouth prominent, with slight flaring opening lip, and raised on flat wide round foot base. The exterior decorated with hand-painting in cobalt blue underglazed, depicted of some elders and the crane below scrolling ruyi, dense tree, and enclosed with dense of floral diaper surrounding Bajixiang symbols inside ruyi shaped cartouches. The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark grayish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.