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A RARE MASSIVE CARVED
LONGQUAN CELADON JARDINIÈRE

MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH CENTURY
明初 龍泉青釉刻牡丹紋大花盆
HK$1,500,000-2,500,000
US$190,000-320,000

The thickly potted jardinière is well carved with a wide frieze of dense
peonies bearing large blossoms arranged in two rows, all below a flat,
everted rim lightly incised with floral sprays, and above the lower body
carved in imitation of a decorative stand with six ruyi-head legs joined by
shaped aprons, covered inside and out with a glaze of rich sea-green tone,
with central drainage hole.
24 in. (61 cm.) diam., box

PROVENANCE

Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, lot 152

LITERATURE

Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no. 598
來源
紐約佳士得，2002 年 3 月 21 日，拍品 152 號
著錄
《中國陶磁：出光美術館藏品圖錄》，東京，1987 年，圖版
598 號

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