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5061 | Ming Dynasty A GUAN-TYPE GLAZED OCTAGONAL-FORMED WASHER

A GUAN-TYPE GLAZED OCTAGONAL-FORMED WASHER

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Size: L5.7cm

Signed and dated: Ming Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 380,000

Illustrated
Regina Krahl,Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,London,1994-2010,vol.4,no.1802

The washer is potted in shallow square form with faceted corners. It is covered in a thick greyish-cream glaze suffused with a network of light brown crackles. The glaze pulls off at the rim to give a russet colour. The base is almost fully glazed and the four spur marks on the base reveal the dark stoneware body.
Provenance
The Meiyintang Collection,Switzerland