A FAHUA GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, MING DYNASTYChina, 17th century. The ceramic vase with a baluster body decorated with jeweled pendants cascading down the shoulder above birds, flowers, and figures, the neck enveloped in swirling clouds and the foot with a lappet band, painted in turquoise, white and yellow, all reserved on a deep blue ground. The glaze stopping shortly above the foot to reveal the reddish ware.Provenance: German private collection, assembled in the 1980s and 1990s.Condition: Good condition, minor wear, few burst glaze bubbles with glaze flakes.Weight: 4,388 gDimensions: Height 26.9 cmAuction result comparison: Compare a related Fahua baluster pottery jar, dated to the 17th century, of larger size (38 cm height), at Bonhams San Francisco in Fine Asian Works of Art on 29 June 2009, lot 8161,sold for USD 7,320.