A 'HENAN' BLACK-GLAZED AND RUSSET-PAINTED MEIPING YUAN DYNASTY |

of slightly compressed form, rising from a narrow foot and dramatically sweeping outward to the angled shoulder beneath the low, ribbed neck, covered overall in a lustrous black glaze and painted at the shoulder in russet tones with two abstract soaring birds, the recessed base unglazed revealing the buff-colored body

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1985.

There is an approx. 1.3 cm wide flake chip under the rim. Otherwise, the vase is in overall good condition with some expected minor surface wear and firing imperfections.
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Compare a similar Yuan dynasty black-glazed russet-splashed meiping of this type sold at Christie's New York, 4th June 1987, lot 246.