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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON VASE
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY,
12TH-14TH CENTURY
The vase is sprig-molded and applied with
meandering stems bearing peony blossoms
between a band of carved upright leaves on the
lower body and three foliate sprays on the neck,
and is covered overall with a thick glaze of sea-
green tone.
20æ in. (52.8 cm.) high
$18,000-25,000

A similar Longquan celadon molded vase, also
with reduced, metal-bound rim, but of smaller
size (27.6 cm.), was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
29 May 2013, lot 2221. See, also, two Longquan
celadon vases with similar molded decoration and
with reduced, metal-bound rims, illustrated by
R. Krahl, Chinese Cereamics in the Topkapi Saray
Museum, Istanbul, vol.I, Yuan and Ming Dynasty
Celadon Wares, London, 1986, pp. 288-89, nos.
205 (TKS 15/213 and TKS 15/9755).
南宋/元 龍泉青釉印纏枝牡丹紋鳳尾尊

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