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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE
‘FISH’ DISH

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

The dish is decorated in the interior with
a carp leaping from roiling waves amidst
flames, clouds and a flaming pearl, all beneath
the everted rim decorated with beribonned
auspicious emblems and peony sprays.
17√ in. (45 cm.) diam.
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1967 (Rogers Fund).

明十六/十七世紀 青花鯉魚躍龍門圖盤

來源
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1967年 (Rogers
基金)。

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A BLUE AND WHITE JAR

LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

The jar is decorated in inky shades of blue
with shaped panels of chrysanthemums and
butterflies amidst rocks reserved on a dense
ground of wan pattern. The shoulder is
decorated with further wan pattern and set with
four lion-mask-form loop handles.
10º in. (26 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1919 (Rogers Fund).

A similar blue and white vase is illustrated by
R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi
Saray Museum, vol. II, London, 1986, p.
778, no. 1492, where it is dated to the late
sixteenth or early seventeenth century.

晚明 青花開光洞石花卉紋鋪首瓶

來源
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1919年 (Rogers
基金)。

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