Lot Essay
Compare the current meiping to one of larger size and with different treatment to the shoulder, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1452.
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MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Details
A FAHUA ‘LOTUS POND’ MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated with flowering lotus and lotus leaves above a band of crested rolling waves and below a band of pendent precious objects on a rich cobalt-blue ground, the decorative motifs on the vase are outlined in low relief slip lines.
11 in. (28 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated with flowering lotus and lotus leaves above a band of crested rolling waves and below a band of pendent precious objects on a rich cobalt-blue ground, the decorative motifs on the vase are outlined in low relief slip lines.
11 in. (28 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo, 2006
Brought to you by
Sibley Ngai