Ovoid jar with a feng huang and a dragon, Egg-shaped pot of stoneware, covered with a white sludge and painted in dark brown under the glaze. On the belly a large scalloped cartouche with a feng huang between clouds and one with a four-claw, pearl-chasing dragon among clouds. Between these two opposite, triangular cartouches with a flower branch. On the shoulder a band with peonies and a band with leaf motifs. Around the foot a band with stylized flowers. A few chips in the edge. Cizhou., anonymous, China, c. 1350 - c. 1399, Yuan-dynasty (1279-1368) / Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) / Hongwu-period (1368-1398), stoneware, glaze, vitrification, h 40.1 cm d 21 cm d 44.5 cm d 22 cm w 14.4 kg
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Ovoid jar, feng huang, dragon, Egg-shaped pot, stoneware, covered, white sludge, painted, dark brown under, glaze, belly, large scalloped cartouche, clouds, four-claw, pearl-chasing dragon, two opposite, triangular cartouches, flower branch, shoulder, band, peonies, leaf motifs, Around, foot, stylized flowers, chips, edge, Cizhou, China, c, 1350, 1399, Yuan-dynasty, 1279-1368, Ming-dynasty, 1368-1644, Hongwu-period, 1368-1398, vitrification
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