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Vase

Vase of oviform shape narrowing at the shoulders towards a cylindrical neck, which flares outwards towards the rim. Decorated with various panels of flowers and foliage against a solid underglaze blue background with a deep blue with a formal pattern. The shoulders of the vase have similar panels of decoration against a similar ground. The rim is edged in Greek key ornament.
Size: Height: 52 cm.

Artist / Maker: Ming Porcelain

Place: China

Object Type: vase

Period: Wan-Li

Broad Date: Ming Dynasty

Actual Date: c. 1600

Century: 16th - 17th century

Material: Porcelain

Museum Accession Number: Founders/X.5579.a