Lot 978. A large yellow-glazed incised vase, meiping, 18th-19th century. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The body is incised with leafy lotus scroll and covered overall in a glaze of mustard-yellow color. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande mark. 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high.
Provenance: Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.
Literature: Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, no. 137.
Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza