PROVENANCE: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Private collector.

Dimensons: Height: 22.2 cm, Diam: 16.5 cm

Chinese Ming Dynasty Ji Blue Porcelain Kettle. Potted in kettle shape, thick and tall, globular lower body, tall cylindrical neck, with curved spout flanked on the shoulder, raised with short round foot base and slight concave. Warm and uniform dark blue glaze applied to the whole surface, only the upper mouth rim and outer bottom is white glazed. Blue is the most important variety of China?s porcelain. Blue stands for healing, trust and long life. Shades of blue are used to decorate homes for longevity and harmony.The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.

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