‘White’ and ‘Celadon’ The Meiyintang and Japanese Collection of Longquan and Celadon and White Ceramics

5056 | Yongle Period, Ming Dynasty A VERY RARE TIANBAI-GLAZED WITH INCISED ‘SANSKRIT’ MONK’s CUP EWER,SENGMAOHU

A VERY RARE TIANBAI-GLAZED WITH INCISED ‘SANSKRIT’ MONK’s CUP EWER,SENGMAOHU

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Size: H20.2cm

Signed and dated: Yongle Period, Ming Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 4,000,000

PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 12th June 1989, lot 170.
LITERATURE
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol.2, no.650.

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