A Ming cloisonne bottle vase

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A Ming cloisonne bottle vase
on four feet, of rectangular form with tall tapering neck, decorated with the Three Friends on a turquoise ground -- 4½.in (11.5cm) high; and a similar tapering cylindrical bottle decorated with a coiled dragon among scrolling motifs, the reverse with three characters, all on a yellow ground -- 4¾.in (12.1cm) high, both 17th Century.
See Colour Plate 18. (2)

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