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703 A LONGQUAN CELADON (another view)
RING-HANDLED VASE

YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY

The fattened, pear-shaped vase is carved on one side with a fu
(happiness) character and on the other with a shou (longevity)
character, each within a lobed border amidst leafy branches.
The neck is fanked by two stylized animal-head ring handles
and the mouth is formed as an open lotus blossom. The vase is
covered with a rich sea-green glaze, stopping at the foot ring
which was burnt orange in the fring.
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high, Japanese wood box and silk pouch

$15,000-20,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Japan.

The lotus-form rim of the present vase is extremely rare,
and other published vases carved with shou and fu characters
typically feature a more standard faring rim. See, for
example, the Ming dynasty vase illustrated in Longquan
Celadon, The Sichuan Museum Collection, Macau, 1998, p.
170-71, and another illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other
Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1979, pp. 252-53,
pl. 204, no. 248. A Yuan dynasty vase, with shou and fu
characters set in openwork sides, is illustrated by R. Krahl,
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London,
2010, vol. 4 (I), p. 4-5, no. 1605, and was subsequently sold
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 11.

元末/明初 龍泉青釉雙龍啣環耳
「福壽」瓶

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