Lot 3186. A fahua ‘lotus pond’ meiping, Ming dynasty, late 15th-early 16th century, 11 in. (28 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000 (USD 38,686 - USD 64,478). Price realised HKD 437,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The vase is decorated with flowering lotus and lotus leaves above a band of crested rolling waves and below a band of pendent precious objects on a rich cobalt-blue ground, the decorative motifs on the vase are outlined in low relief slip lines, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo, 2006

Note: Compare the current meiping to one of larger size and with different treatment to the shoulder, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1452.

Christie's. The Imperial Sale / Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 31 May 2017, Convention Hall