Ca. 15th-16th Century AD A rare 15th-century blue-and-white stem cup with slight blue tinged glaze, the cup decorated with birds on a branch. The interior featuring a character ('yue', meaning 'moon', half of 'ming') enclosed in double blue lines, the tall stem flared at the base. Some heaping and piling can be seen in the dark cobalt.Reference:Please see for a very similar cup the collection of The Museum of East Asian Art, No. BATEA: 399http://collections.meaa.org.uk/view-item?i=1939&WINID=1634906633571Size: L:93mm / W:64mm ; 95g Provenance: Formerly in a Private Dutch collection.