Details
The first, a bowl, is decorated with Buddhist lions alternating with brocade balls, the base with a six-character hall mark, zhong you mei yu ya zhi (elegantly made like beautiful jade possessed of loyalty) in underglaze blue; the second, a small baluster jar, is decorated with Buddhist lions amidst blossoming floral scrolls; the third, a compressed jar, is decorated with floral blossoms between vertical bands on a diaper ground.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.; 612 in. (16.5 cm.) high; 534 in. (14.5 cm.) high


Provenance
First and second:
Grace Brown Palmer Collection, Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1967.

Third:
Mrs. Potter Palmer Collection, Chicago (according to label).
Grace Brown Palmer Collection, Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1967.
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