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Melon-Shaped Jar

Dateca. 1600
MediumHard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue
Dimensions4 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. (11.1 x 10.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Childs Frick in memory of Frances Dixon Frick, 1965
Accession number1965.8.63
Collection History

Roland Moore. Bequest of Childs Frick, 1965.

Source: Porcelains in The Frick Collection: Oriental and French. Volume VII. New York: The Frick Collection, 1974.

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