AN IRON-RED-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE
AN IRON-RED-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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AN IRON-RED-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated with lotus scroll, delineated above the foot, at the shoulder, and base of the neck with white horizontal line borders, all in soft tones of underglaze blue against a rich iron-red ground.
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.

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