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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. AND
MRS. GREGORY F. SULLIVAN
A CELADON-GLAZED ‘LONGQUAN’
TRIPOD CENSER
MING DYNASTY
the bombé-form body supported on three
cabriole legs, the well with three unglazed bosses
evenly spaced around the central aperture, the
underside of the body with a protruding ring,
covered overall with a lustrous sage-green glaze
save for the protruding ring and the bosses
Diameter 6¾ in., 17.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Marchant, London.

$ 10,000-15,000

明 龍泉窰青釉三足爐

781 來源
Marchant，倫敦

782

PROPERTY FROM A MARYLAND PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A CARVED AND RETICULATED
CELADON-GLAZED ‘LONGQUAN’
GARDEN SEAT
MING DYNASTY
of barrel-form, with a narrow base and a slightly
domed top, the sides carved and pierced
with two frolicking Buddhist lions divided by
two sprays of palmette leaves, each lion with
a brocade ball amidst cloud wisps, between
bands of stylized flowerheads and two rows of
raised floriform bosses, the top incised with a
square diaper ground, the sides incised with a
peony scroll, all under a pale jade green glaze
pooling in the recesses
Height 14½ in., 37 cm
PROVENANCE
Washington D.C. Private Collection.
Compare two pairs of garden seats of this design
sold in these rooms: the first sold 25th October
1975, lot 166, and again June 18th 1980, lot 363,
the second sold 11th May 1978, lot 169. See also
a related example in wucai enamels published
in John Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese
Ceramics: Ming Porcelains, and Other Wares, vol.
2, Geneva, 1999, pl. A 238.
$ 8,000-12,000

明 龍泉窰青釉鏤空佛獅蕉葉
782
紋坐墩
來源
華盛頓私人收藏
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