16TH CENTURY
Details
A LARGE MING FAHUA JARDINIERE
16th century
The exterior with groups of cranes wading in a pond, flying and perched on rockwork, amidst large blossoming lotus plants and weeds in white, orange and turquoise, reserved on an aubergine ground, all below a classic scroll below the rim, the rim with a key-fret band, the interior covered in a turquoise glaze, glaze flakes to interior
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) diam.
16th century
The exterior with groups of cranes wading in a pond, flying and perched on rockwork, amidst large blossoming lotus plants and weeds in white, orange and turquoise, reserved on an aubergine ground, all below a classic scroll below the rim, the rim with a key-fret band, the interior covered in a turquoise glaze, glaze flakes to interior
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) diam.