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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION
1557
A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘PHOENIX TAIL’
VASE
MING DYNASTY (1364-1644)
The bulbous body and the neck of the
elegantly potted vase are carved with bold
patterns of large fower heads borne on leafy
scroll, and the splayed foot with a band of
stylized lotus petals. It is covered overall in
a soft, pale sea-green glaze suffused with
crackle.
20º in. (51 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
Roger Keverne, London.
EXHIBITED
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works
of Art and Ceramics, London, Summer 2010,
no. 33.
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