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LARGE    COMPOTIER .         36 cm.

Blue/ white. Central motif:  a lion and a pale-blue  elephant drinking from  a waterfall rushing down from a rock ; on the rim  4  floral branches.

Period :     MING  dynasty ,   ca. 1550 - 1580  

Refer.:   A very identical  compotier is illustrated  in :
           " Chinese Ceramics in the TOPKAPI Saray Museum ", Istanbul ,
              Krahl & Ayers , tome II ( 1986 )  ,   color plate 928.

           " Ardebil Shrine : Iran Bastan Museum " , Pope , 1956 , pl. 91.
 

Very rare  subject .  Perfect condtion  ( very minor rim frtis ) .