A blue and white porcelain trade ware jar. Late Ming Dynasty

A blue and white porcelain trade ware jar. Late Ming Dynasty

Thickly potted with a rolled rim, short neck and four lugs applied to the rounded shoulder and painted in underglaze blue with bands of flowering branches beneath a celadon-tinged glaze filled with a dense web of russet-stained craze lines (rough foot). 10in (25.5cm) high. Estimate: $800 - 1,200

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