CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIÈME SIÈCLE

Compare with a similarly decorated vase with a Chenghua four-character mark under the base preserved in the British Museum, registration no. Franks.677.+. See another similar vase, also bearing a poetic inscription on its neck, previously in the H. B. Harris Collection, illustrated in R. L. Hobson, The wares of the Ming Dynasty, pl. 17, p. 70.