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MARCHANT: NINE DECADES IN CHINESE ART

701 A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON The carving of a sinuous, energetic dragon on this jar is
CARVED JAR AND COVER extremely rare and only one other example appears to be
known: a jar carved with a dragon, but without a cover,
YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY formerly in the collection of Dr. Bo Ewert, sold at Sotheby’s
New York, Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics
The jar is carved with a large four-clawed dragon, with an and Works of Art from J.T. Tai & Co., 22 March 2011, lot 85.
open mouth and scaly body, and one claw reaching towards a
faming pearl, all above waves. The cover is formed as a lotus A related jar and cover carved with peony scroll from the
leaf with a curling rim and incised leaf veins, and a small stem Fujita Museum was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 March
forming the fnial. The jar and cover are covered with a thick 2017, lot 502. Two further examples, one with vertical
glaze of dark sea-green tone, except for the unglazed foot ring ribbing on the body and the other plain, are illustrated by
of the jar and the underside of the cover which were burnt R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray
orange in the fring. Museum Istanbul, Vol. 1, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon
12√ in. (32.8 cm.) diam. Wares, London, 1986, col. pl. 213, nos. 213 and 215.

$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE

Important private collection, France.

元十四世紀 龍泉青釉刻雲龍紋蓋罐

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