Details
The first vase has a globular body rising to a slender neck with a galleried rim and is incised on one side of the body with lotus flowers, outlined in pale underglaze blue; the second vase has a compressed globular body and a slender neck, covered overall with a crackled white glaze, and is incised around the body with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, outlined in pale underglaze blue. The base has an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
618 in. (15.5 cm.) high; 313 in. (9.5 cm.) high


Provenance
First:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924.

Second:
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.
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