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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PAUL W.
                                                                              DOLL, JR.
                                                                              ~894
                                                                              A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON
                                                                              VASE, MEIPING
                                                                              MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
                                                                              The well-potted high-shouldered body tapers
                                                                              to a slightly spreading foot, and is carved with
                                                                              a wide band of peony scroll set between two
                                                                              bands of leafy scroll, all under a glaze of soft
                                                                              olive-green tone.
                                                                              15 in. (38.1 cm.) high, hongmu stand
                                                                              $10,000-15,000

                                                                              A similar though slightly taller Longquan
                                                                              celadon meiping vase with a cover, also carved
                                                                              with a leafy peony scroll, and potted with
                                                                              broader shoulders, is illustrated in Celadons
                                                                              from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, p. 260, no.
                                                                              245.

                                                                              明 龍泉窯青釉纏枝牡丹紋梅瓶
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