Lot 817. A small purple-splashed ‘Ma Jun’ vase, meiping, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or later. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The high-shouldered vase is covered with a glaze of pale sky-blue color accented with three evenly-spaced splashes of purple. 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high.

Provenance: Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1926.

Exhibited: Japan Society, at the Galleries of M. Knoedler & Co., Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries: Descriptive Catalogue of Loan Exhibition of Selected Examples, New York, 2-21 March 1914, p. 66, no. 207.

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