The first, a bowl with rounded sides and slightly flared rim, is decorated on the interior in anhua with dragons, the base with an apocryphal Yongle mark; the second, a miniature pear-shaped vase, is incised around the body with leaf designs; the third, a soft-paste baluster vase, is carved with a central archaistic band between various decorative borders; the fourth, a small bowl is decorated on the sides of the interior in anhua with an indistinct pattern, the center of the interior incised with an apocryphal Yongle mark; the fifth, a small cup, has rounded sides.
5 in. (12.5 cm.) diam.; 2³⁄₄ in. (6.9 cm.) high; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) high; 3³⁄₄ in. (9.2 cm.) diam.; 2³⁄₄ in. (7 cm.) diam.

First:
Mrs. Clayton Miller Collection, Chicago, before 1946.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1946.

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.

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:
Samuel M. (1830-1914) and Matilda (1837-1912) Nickerson Collection, Chicago, before 1900.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1900.

Fifth:
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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