Grand vase Meiping Chine, dynastie Ming, marque et époque Wanli (1573-1620)

à décor bleu blanc sous couverte de deux phénix en vol au mileu de nuages stylisés, une frise de longs cartouches de ruyi autour de l'épaule et du pied, marque Wanli à six caractères en bleu sous couverte autour du col (manques et restaurations)

French family collection since the 19th century 

The neck missing and restored, firing faults to the glaze with areas remaining unglazed (showing on the illustration in the catalogue)
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Jessica Harisson-Hall notes in Ming Ceramics that "eight blue and white meiping of this form, still with their covers, were discovered in the Wanli emperor's tomb, the Ding Ling. They were among the relatively few porcelains dicovered there when the tomb was investigated". Another similar example sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 2 May 2005, lot 646. Another sold at Christie's Paris, 22 November 2006, lot 282.