A TURQUOISE GLAZED CIZHOU JAR
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A TURQUOISE GLAZED CIZHOU JAR

MING DYNASTY

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A TURQUOISE GLAZED CIZHOU JAR
ming dynasty
Of high shouldered form tapering to the foot and rising to a short neck, the exterior painted in brown on a white slip with two shaped cartouches of phoenix and blossoming flowers beneath a band of scrolling blossoming flowers, covered overall with a turquoise glaze; together with a high shouldered vase tapering sharply to the short strait neck and gently curving inward to the foot, with a thick dark brown crackled vase over the heavily potted dark brown body
Cizhou vase 11 in. (27.9 cm.) high (2)

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