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ANOTHER PROPERTY THE PROPERTY OF A SOUTHEAST ASIAN COLLECTOR

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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON JAR A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED AND MOLDED ‘DRAGON’ DISH
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

The jar is carved with a wide central band of lotus scroll set above a The dish has shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim, and the
petal band, and is covered overall with a glaze of olive-green color center of the interior is decorated in relief with a scaly, four-clawed
ending at the top of the thick foot, revealing an unglazed area which dragon leaping in pursuit of a faming pearl, below scrolls carved in
has fred dark orange and cants inward towards the inset base. the well, and the exterior is carved with chrysanthemum petals. The
whole is covered in a glaze of sea-green color stopping short of the
11æ in. (30 cm.) high unglazed foot ring burnt orange in the fring.

$12,000-18,000 14√ in. (37.8 cm.) diam.

元/明初 龍泉青釉纏枝蓮紋罐 $7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

Christie’s London, 9 June 1997, lot 50.

元/明初 龍泉青釉模印刻遊龍戲珠紋盤

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