A FAHUA MEIPING, China, Ming dynasty, 16th century. Glazed in aubergine, turquoise, and yellow against a deep blue ground, depicting a sage drifting towards a pavilion enshrouded, with an attendant carrying a wrapped qin. - Property from a French private collection, acquired at Prado Falque, Marseille, Nov 2010 - Cf. another vase of this type and subject from the Qing court collection, now housed in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin daxi: za you cai, su sancai / The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enameled Porcelains, Plain Tricolored Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, cat. no. 234. - Minor wear, neck with restored break