A FAHUA VASE (MEIPING) MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

the rounded shoulders decorated with alternating conch shells and ruyi heads linked by beaded garlands suspending tassels with circular or lozenge-shaped tops, above white and yellow lotus flowers and turquoise leaves on slender stems emerging from turbulent waves, all on a dark blue ground

The exterior neck and shoulder above the narrow turquiose band is overpainted and a restored crack or break extends in a shallow V-shape through the beaded decoration above one of the white lotus flowers. There is a restored chip and a small unrestored chip to the edge of the foot.
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A similarly decorated vase of slightly larger size is illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 411, pl. 13.5. Another, from the Collection of J. T. Tai, was sold in these rooms, 22nd March 2011, lot 94; and a third from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections was sold at Christie's New York, 24th March 2011, lot 1229.