Meiping Bottle with Plum Branch Decor, 13th century, 8-3/8 x 5 x 5 in. ( x x cm), Chi-chou ware Stoneware with decoration reserved in the bisquit against a dark-brown glaze, China, 13th century, Probably used for storing wine, vinegar, soy sauce and other liquids during the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1280-1368) dynasties, mei ping bottles such as this came to be favored in later periods as vases for cut branches of flowering plum as the term, mei ping ('plum bottle' or 'plum vase') implies. In fact, the term mei-ping does not appear in pre-Qing (1644-1912) texts

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