Though smaller than the slightly earlier Meiping (Ch30), this is similarly painted with a formal lotus garland on the shoulder, and the lip with a diaper pattern. It was sold as late 15th century, but is comparable to a number of vases usually dated to the Tianshun period (for example Harvard Art Museum 2012.195)

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 26

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from Bluett & Sons, 14 December 1962 (£130); from the collection of Stephen K. Garratt

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2