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CHINE DYNASTIE MING (1368 - 1644)

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Cizhou stoneware vase With a high, pronounced shoulder extending into a short, wide neck. The body is decorated in black slip on a cream ground with four-lobed reserves set against a background of dense swirls. One reserve features a phoenix, another a crane, the last a scholar. Framed by two friezes of flowers and foliage. H. 27.8 cm PROVENANCE Private collection, Paris. CONDITION Restorations to the foot, the shoulder and the neck, some parts have been broken and reattached with glue, cracks to the body