Lot 831. A small blue and white, faceted jar, Ming Dynasty, 16th century. Estimate USD 800 - USD 1,200. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

Each broad side is decorated with ducks in a lotus pond, separated by narrow panels of lotus scroll, all between further decorative borders aound the shoulder and foot. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande mark. 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high

Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1917 (Rogers Fund).

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza