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A square-shaped ceramic vessel with tall, straight walls. The top lip is flat and the feet are very small. It is colored purple-blue on the outside and blue on the inside.

Rectangular Flowerpot with Four Small Feet

Chinese

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Vessels