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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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          A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON SHRINE
          YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
                                                              PROVENANCE
          The thick-walled shrine of ovoid shape is raised on a domed base and has an   Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., New York.
          hexagonal ‘tile’ roof  surmounted by a double-gourd rising from a lotus. An
                                                              EXHIBITED
          opening cut into one side has a protruding shelf at the bottom, an overhang   Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., New York, Buddhist Sculpture: Design and
          with applied scroll decoration above, and a loop to one side to fasten a door.   Infuence, 3 - 17 June 1992.
          The whole is covered with a glaze of sea-green color.
          12 in. (30.5 cm.) high                              LITERATURE
                                                              Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., Buddhist Sculpture: Design and Infuence, New
          $8,000-12,000                                       York, 1992, no. 35.
                                                              元/明初   龍泉青釉龕

































































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