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ANOTHER PROPERTY
                           1622
                           A PAIR OF CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON VASES AND COVERS
                           MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
                           Each vase has a high-shouldered, tapering body carved with a wide band of leafy flower scroll between
                           a band of narrow, upright chrysanthemum petals below and a band of peonies on the shoulder, and each
                           cover has a lotus bud-form knob above stepped petal bands and a diaper band at the rim, all under a glaze
                           of olive-green color that also covers the interior and base of the vases.
                           10 in. (25 cm.) high
                                                                                            (2)
                           $12,000-18,000

                           PROVENANCE
                           The property of a European Collector; Christie’s New York, 17 October 2002, lot 76.
                           明十五世紀 龍泉青釉花卉紋蓋罐


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