the washer with everted sides moulded in the form of cane segments; the dish with addorsed carps.

Property from the Xinyangtang Collection.

Provenance: Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd, Hong Kong, 7th May 2002 (dish) and 5th June 2004 (washer).

Note: See a similar Ming dynasty washer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, museum no. 16.156.2.

Brush washer with lotus, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

Brush washer with lotus, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

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 Brush washer with lotus, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century. Stoneware with incised decoration and celadon glaze (Longquan ware). H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm). Rogers Fund, 1916, 16.156.2. © 2000–2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2019