MING DYNASTY, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF TURQUOISE-GROUND FAHUA BALUSTER VASES
MING DYNASTY, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Each decorated on either side with a chrysanthemum stem bearing three flowers outlined in slip, with the stems and leaves glazed in purple and areas of the petals highlighted in white, the tall neck flaring towards the rim and flanked by a pair of openwork handles molded as scrolling stems of lingzhi, all reserved on a turquoise ground
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Private American collection.

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Lot Essay

Compare the very similar fahua vase, but of smaller size (36.3 cm. high) and with chrysanthemum-form handles rather than lingzhi handles, such as those seen on the present vase, illustrated in Studies of the Collections of the National Museum of China, Shanghai, 2007, p. 204, no. 110. See, also, the dark blue-ground vase of similar design, but of larger size (48.8 cm. high) and with chrysanthemum-form handles, formerly in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 416, fig. 13:14, where it is dated Ming dynasty, c. 1573-1620.

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