Blue and White Meiping Jar

Description:

Blue and White Meiping Jar, China, 18th/19th century, depicting the "Three Friends of Winter": bamboo, pine, and plum, surrounded by insects, ht. 10 1/2 in.

Provenance: Formerly in the Colonial Williamsburg collection. Proceeds from the sale of the collections will be used by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, exclusively for the acquisition of art and antiques to be exhibited in its art museums and historic buildings.
Estimate $300-500

possibly cut down, 6 in hairline on body, shorter hairlines at rim.


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