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A LARGE ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED 元 / 明 龍泉窰青釉刻牡丹紋大罐 A LARGE ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED 元 / 明初 龍泉窰青釉四季花卉圖大罐
‘PEONY’ JAR, YUAN / MING DYNASTY ‘FLORAL’ JAR, YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY
Diameter 12 in., 30.5 cm 來源： Diameter 12¾ in., 32.5 cm 來源：
日本私人收藏 法國私人收藏
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE

Japanese Private Collection. French Private Collection.
See a closely related jar, attributed to the Yuan dynasty, Heavily potted, the present jar is decorated with the flowers
formerly in the Harry Oppenheim Collection, now in the of the four seasons in which lotus, peony, chrysanthemum,
British Museum, London, and illustrated in Jessica Harrison- and camellia blooms are deftly rendered in a cartouche
Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, respectively. See a closely related jar, similarly depicting
pl. 16:46; another illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese flowers of the four seasons attributed to the 14th to
Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, 15th century, from the collection of Mr. David P. L. Chan,
London, 1986, pl. 541, where it mentions a further example in illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares
the Ardabil Shrine; and lastly, one in the Asian Art Museum, in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramics Society,
San Francisco, illustrated in He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Singapore, 1979, cat. no. 212.
Comprehensive Survey from the Asian Art Museum in
San Francisco, New York, 1996., cat. no. 512. ⊖ $ 10,000-15,000
⊖ $ 3,000-5,000

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