Lot 835. An iron-red-ground blue and white ovoid vase, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The vase is decorated with lotus scroll, delineated above the foot, at the shoulder, and base of the neck with white horizontal line borders, all in soft tones of underglaze blue against a rich iron-red ground. 14 in. (35.6 cm.) high

Provenance: Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.

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