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Lot 138

An underglaze-blue and polychrome-enamelled 'Three Friends' baluster vase
Ming Dynasty, 16th century

13 – 14 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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An underglaze-blue and polychrome-enamelled 'Three Friends' baluster vase

Ming Dynasty, 16th century
Decorated with the 'Three Friends of Winter' within lappet borders, on a crackle glazed ground.
23.5cm (9.1/4in) high.

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For an example of this group of crackle-glazed vase with underglaze-blue and polychrome enamels, see J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, British Museum Press, 2001, p. 405, no. 12:133.

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