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A PAIR OF MASSIVE FAHUA JARDINIÈRES

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

Each is decorated in thread-relief outline with various blossoming

fowers. The decoration is glazed in subtle tones of aubergine and

white against a rich turquoise ground. Each is ftted with a

metal liner.

33Ω in. (85 cm.) diam., wood stands (2)

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher (d. 1917) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1922.

明十五/十六世紀 琺華花卉紋缸

來源
Isaac D. Fletcher 伉儷珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1921年。

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