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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9611138, member: 8267&quot;]Other knowledgeable members here have explained that it is common for Chinese potters to included anachronistic marks on their wares, in homage to an older style that they are reproducing. </p><p><br /></p><p>This 15th century moon flask was recently sold by Sotheby&#039;s in 2023 for a very high price. It was described as &quot;extremely rare with only one known companion piece now held in the collection of The Palace Museum in Beijing.&quot; Their description says the vase has a &quot;flat unglazed base centred with a well hollowed-out, glazed, globular recess&quot;. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]468214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]468215[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-hong-kong-50th-anniversary-sales-chinese-works-of-art-2023-fall-highlights" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-hong-kong-50th-anniversary-sales-chinese-works-of-art-2023-fall-highlights" rel="nofollow">https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-hong-kong-50th-anniversary-sales-chinese-works-of-art-2023-fall-highlights</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/a-magnificent-yongle-blue-and-white-moonflask/a-superb-and-exceptionally-rare-blue-and-white?locale=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/a-magnificent-yongle-blue-and-white-moonflask/a-superb-and-exceptionally-rare-blue-and-white?locale=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/a-magnificent-yongle-blue-and-white-moonflask/a-superb-and-exceptionally-rare-blue-and-white?locale=en</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that there is no reign mark on the neck, and the handles are much more elegant than those on your vase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sotheby&#039;s does not include a view of the base of their vase, but from the description it might look something like this, on a similar vase sold at auction in 2021. No date was suggested for this vase.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]468217[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.andersauction.com/auction-lot/chinese-blue-white-moon-flask-porcelain-vase_F3B47F7AA7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.andersauction.com/auction-lot/chinese-blue-white-moon-flask-porcelain-vase_F3B47F7AA7" rel="nofollow">https://www.andersauction.com/auction-lot/chinese-blue-white-moon-flask-porcelain-vase_F3B47F7AA7</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems unlikely that your vase is a genuine 15th century piece. But to be sure, you would probably need to put it in the hands of an expert in early Chinese porcelain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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