Beaker with underglaze blue birds, grasses and flowers, 1660-1677. Artist: Unknown.

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A beaker of trumpet shape form with grasses and magpie on branches extending down from the rim and two in flight in underglaze blue. The piece is extensively clobbered with polychrome enamels of yellow, green, aubergine and rouge de fer. The interior side of the rim has formal decoration of squiggles in underglaze blue. The base has a Chenghua mark in kaishu script within a single lined circle in underglaze blue.

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Size: 5477px × 3651px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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