Chinese iron red ground blue and white garlic mouth vase, dated from Wanli Period ,the bulbous body and tall neck are decorated with birds in flight amidst pine trees, peony and bamboo, interrupted by a border of shaped panels of lotus and peach reserved on a diaper ground on the shoulder, the garlic form mouth is molded in the form of rows and overlapping lotus petals
H:17 1/2" (44.2CM)
Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1919 (Rogers Fund) Christie's New York, 15 SEP, 2016 "Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art" Sale,Lot 834(come with copy of original receipt)
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Condition: in overall fair condition with restored chip to the mouth along with a few hairlines, a short hairline extending from the foot rim with an associated chip, rim frits to the mouth

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