Details
The first, a small bottle vase, is carved on one side of the body with blossoming flowers amidst a pierced rock formation; the second, a small ovoid jar, is incised around the sides with various fruit sprays below a ruyi-head border on the shoulder; the third, a slender ovoid vase, is carved on one side with a large blossoming peony flower and bamboo, the reverse with bamboo; the fourth, a box and a cover, is decorated on the cover in white slip with a writhing four-clawed dragon, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark; the fifth, a small yuhuchunping, is molded on the sides with chrysanthemum and bamboo amidst rocks.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high; 314 in. (8.2 cm.) high; 1012 in. (26.5 cm.) high; 234 in. (6.9 cm.) diam.; 614 in. (15.7 cm.) high


Provenance
First, second and third:
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.

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:
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.
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