Lot 277. A very rare Portuguese market blue and white bottle vase (yuhuchunping), Jiajing mark and period, dated 1552. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 USD . Photo: Sotheby's the pear-shaped body tapering to a waisted neck terminating in a flaring rim, finely...

Antonio Moro (1520-1578), Maria Manuela de Portugal, 1552, detail

Bottle of porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, and around the shoulder a Portuguese inscription copied by a Chinese potter, with several errors. 1552. Diameter: 13.8 cm, Height: 24.8 cm. 237-1892 © V&A Images. This porcelain bottle has a pear-shaped...

Bottle Vase Made for a Portuguese Trader. Ming dynasty. Dated 1552 / Portuguese inscriptions: Jorge Alvrz n egeo nam dou - a era de 1552 reina. Translation: Jorge Alvarez ordered this to be made in the year 1552 of the reign [of King John III]. P orcelain...