Details
The first, a soft-paste stem cup, is incised on the exterior with two dragons chasing flaming pearls, the base incised with an apocryphal Jiajing mark; the second and third, two small crackle-glazed lotus leaf-form cups, are each molded on the sides with leaves and butterflies, and supported on a flower-head-form foot; the fourth, a shallow soft-paste dish, is incised in the center with fish amidst waves, the exterior of the sides with a geometric design; the fifth, a small compressed soft-paste washer, is incised with a band of stylized clouds around the shoulder, the foot dressed in brown.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high; 212 in. (6.5 cm) wide; 212 in. (6.5 cm) wide; 434 in. (12 cm.) diam.; 312 in. (9 cm.) diam.


Provenance
First, second, third and fourth:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1925.

Fifth:
Carrie H. (1859-1937) and Martin A. (1856-1932) Ryerson Collection, Chicago, before 1937.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1937.
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