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A Ming 15th /16th Century Mei Ping Blue and White Vase browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese:Pottery: Pre 1837 VR: item # 923815 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 1393 when inquiring.
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This is a mid Ming dynasty 15th/16th century blue and white Mei Ping vase. It is loosely decorated with an under glaze blue design of chrysanthemum flower scroll motifs on two sides of the vase. It is possible that this was a provincial piece. These are surrounded with stylized cloud designs. On the upper shoulder there is a continuous band of cloud lappets design. The narrow neck has three small darker blue leaf-like designs. The narrower bottom half has two very loose stylized flowers. The bottom of the vase is unglazed and has no reign mark or potters mark. There are two ridges at the mid point on the vase, which may indicate that the vase was potted in two separate sections and then luted together. There is an almost identical design shown in the book- “Chinese Blue and White Ceramics” by S.T. Yeo and Jean Martin, publisher Arts Orientalis, Singapore, 1978, page 112, Plate 14, Item #33. Although the shape of that jarlet is different, the underglaze blue design is the same on both pieces. The Mei Ping form is a classic early Chinese form consisting of a small mouth and short neck tapering to rounded sides that taper down to a flared base. The vase is in generally very good condition. There is a stable hairline crack that circles about 1/3 of the neck and then takes a vertical path – the hairline is 5” long. Because of the tiny month we cannot tell if the hairline goes through to the inside. (We tried to check and almost got our finger stuck inside). On one small area of one side of the vase there is some rough area that shows signs of having partially buried. We date the vase to the mid Ming period. |
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