The bulbous jar depicts peacocks of various colors in a garden setting, with flower blossom and lotus flowers in a pond nearby, between banded floral patterns and flowers within medallions at shoulder, covered with domed lid and bead finial, bottom bears six character JIAJING mark.|Ming Dynasty period.||Height: 18 in (45.7 cm) Diameter: 12 in (30.5 cm)|明嘉靖 青花五彩池蓮孔雀紋蓋罐|此罐直口，短頸，豐肩，斜腹，收足。整器胎體厚實，造型規整，通身施白釉，釉面光滑。通體以五彩加籃彩裝飾，頸上繪雲紋，肩部與底部環飾折枝花卉紋，仰蓮紋。腹部滿飾，以五彩繪菱形開光鳳鶴紋，鳳鶴身姿扭轉，羽翼張開，姿態曼妙，自由飛舞在花間，翎羽詳細描繪，筆法灑脫，發色艶麗。主題上下紋飾呼應，增加厚實穩重之感。筆鋒自然灑脫，線條剛勁有力，散發濃厚藝術氣息。全器以醬黃彩、紅彩、綠彩爲主色，罕見於嘉靖傳統官窯五彩裝飾之中，其中紋飾部分以籃彩繪製，亦甚少見，屬明晚期五彩器中的稀有品類。底落”大明嘉靖年製”篆書六字款，