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AN IRON-SPOT-DECORATED LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED VASE
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped body is carved with lotus scroll, above a band of upright petals. The neck is decorated
with upright plantain leaves and is fanked by a pair of fsh-form handles suspending fxed rings. It is
covered overall with a rich sea-green glaze with scattered iron-brown splashes.
9 in. (23 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century, by repute.
元/明初 龍泉青釉褐彩刻蓮紋魚耳瓶

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