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A CIZHOU-TYPE POLYCHROME-
DECORATED BALUSTER VASE

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

The wide body is decorated with three shaped panels
enclosing fgures in a riverscape, above a continuous band
of qilin galloping on roiling waves, and beneath a band of
leafy lotus scroll encircling the shoulder.
13¿ in. (33.2 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1926.
明十五/十六世紀 磁州窯系彩繪開光高士圖瓶
來源
Samuel T. Peters 夫人（1859-1943）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1926年。

&828
AN IRON-RED, YELLOW AND GREEN-
ENAMELED VASE, MEIPING

17TH CENTURY

The vase is decorated on one side with a courtier fanked
by two attendants, beside an immortal holding a scepter
standing on billowing clouds, and on the reverse with a
lady seated in a garden beside a rabbit on further clouds,
all above a band of boys amidst lotus scroll on the waisted
lower section. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal
Jiajing mark.
9√ in. (25.1 cm.) high
$1,500-2,500

PROVENANCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1925 (Rogers Fund).
明末清初 五彩人物故事圖梅瓶
來源
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1925年 (Rogers 基金)。

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