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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON VASE
YUAN DYNASTY
the pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot
to a tall trumpet neck set with a pair of mask-headed
handles suspending fixed rings, moulded around the
body with a wide band of scrolling peonies above a border
of upright lotus lappets, covered overall with a bluish-
green glaze suffused with a fine network of crackles
Height 35 cm, 13¾ in.

PROVENANCE
Manno Museum of Art, Osaka, no. 1535.
‡ £ 30,000-50,000
HK$ 293,000-489,000 US$ 37,500-62,500
元 龍泉青釉牡丹紋雙耳連環瓶

來源
萬野美術館，大阪，編號1535

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