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A magenta stoneware vessel with high walls, a flat jutted out lip, and indented lines along the outside. The small feet are cut-out in a slightly swirling shape.

Lobed Quatrefoil Flowerpot with Four Cloud Scroll Feet

Chinese

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong"(Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment) inscription incised on base at a later date

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Vessels