Lot 820. Two ‘Ma Jun’ vessels, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or later. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The first is a high-shouldered, lobed vase, covered on the exterior with a deep purple glaze with abstract 'bird'-shaped accents in turquoise glaze on the shoulder. The second is a deep cup covered in purple glaze on the exterior and turquoise glaze on the interior. The vase 6 ¼ in. (15.5 cm.) high, the cup 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm.) diam.

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

Exhibited: The vase: 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. 208.

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