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Pot

marked 1550–51 with later alterations

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniquePorcelain with underglaze blue decoration (China, Ming dynasty, Chia-ching mark [1552–56]) with silver gilt mounts

DimensionsH. 19.5k cm (7 11/16 in.); W. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Diameter (of foot) 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour

Accession number57.530

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsEngraved on cover, LIVE TO DIE AND LIVE

ProvenanceJuly 26, 1939, anonymous ("different properties") sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 140A, to Fenouil for £140. John Hunt, London and Dublin. May 9, 1957, anonymous sale ("property of a lady"), Sotheby's, London, lot 123, to Garrard and Co., London; sold by Garrard to the MFA for $10,097. (Accession Date: June 5, 1957)