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A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘HUNDRED-RIB’ JAR

LATE YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

The high-shouldered, tapering body is carved around the sides with narrow vertical ribs
between a plain band at the foot and the plain, slightly tapered neck, and is covered inside and
out, and inside the foot, with a glaze of sea-green color that thins to a paler tone on the ribs.
12Ω in. (31.8 cm.) wide, 9¬ in. (24.5 cm.) high, wood cover
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE

Dorothy Tapper Goldman Collection, New York.
Vallin Galleries, Connecticut.

A similar jar of comparable size (24.5 cm. high) is illustrated by J. Pope in Chinese Porcelains from the
Ardebil Shrine, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, pl. 130, no. 29.650, where it is dated to the
14th century. See, also, the similar jar of slightly smaller size (22.9 cm. high) sold at Christie’s New York,
19 March 2009, lot 710.
明十四/十五世紀 龍泉青釉菊瓣罐

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